Fri, 02 Oct 2026, 22:21 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 7.366/90.55, Now #20; Best prior run: 9.480/95.71, Was #20
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.760/323.19, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.822/109.44, Was #19

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 67 percent, barometer 30.18 inches, adjusted altitude 823 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Palmer lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Millican kept it hooked up to get in the show. He goes to the number 12 spot.

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Left Lane: Keith Murt Runs 3.862/289.38, Now #17; Best prior run: 3.887/307.09, Was #17

Murt with a good pass early and then got real loose on the top end. He clicked it off early.

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Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.715/332.67, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.775/328.30, Was #14

Massey launched hard and was real loose all the way down the track, but stayed with it to go to the number two spot. He makes his career quickest pass and fastest pass this season. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.985/291.70 mph.

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Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.721/331.69, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.771/329.50, Was #14
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 8.446/78.67, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.842/320.20, Was #16

Reed makes a good looking pass early and then right in the lights the car gets real loose. He does a great job driving it and stays with it to go to the number four spot.

Schumacher has a fuel leak right at the hit and spins the tires right at the hit and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Will Smith Runs 3.742/332.75, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.756/323.43, Was #12
Right Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 3.723/332.59, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.778/329.67, Was #15

Smith with a good pass and then gets real loose around the 1/8th mile mark when the car gets real loose. He does a great job driving to stay with it.

Wurtzel kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to go to the number six spot.

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Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 4.256/191.32, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.742/332.59, Was #13
Right Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.708/335.90, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.757/332.67, Was #14

Stewart starts to lose traction around half track and clicked it off.

Gordon launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. She goes to the number two spot. Maddi Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.124, 660ft-2.989/294.69 mph.

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Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.504/169.64, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.737/331.36, Was #11
Right Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 11.377/77.85, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.741/327.11, Was #12

Ashley drives into tire smoke and clicked it off.

Salinas is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.704/334.90, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.726/335.90, Was #8
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 9.154/79.09, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.730/331.69, Was #10

Brown kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make the quickest pass of the session. He goes to the number two spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.122, 660ft-2.984/294.82 mph.

Pruett is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 13.145/59.18, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.717/333.41, Was #5
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 6.398/105.94, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.728/333.66, Was #9

Hart is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Kalitta started to lose traction and pedaled it, but lost traction again. The car makes a move toward the centerline. He clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.682/338.51, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.679/339.87, Was #1
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.716/333.91, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.723/334.82, Was #7

Langdon launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make th quickest pass of the session. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.108, 660ft-2.966/296.63 mph.

Torrence kept it hooked up to go to the number five spot.

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