Sat, 03 Oct 2026, 14:15 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 3 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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Right Lane: Charles Loftin Runs 10.051/81.74, Now #21; Best prior run: 10.778/64.65, Was #21

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 30.20 inches, adjusted altitude 1,205 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

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

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Left Lane: Brian Inouye Runs 6.439/96.34, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.159/247.47, Was #18
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.769/330.80, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.717/333.41, Was #6

Inouye is dropping cylinders right at the hit and clicked it off.

Hart is straight down the groove with a good clean pass, he will not improve.

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Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 3.973/281.07, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.366/90.55, Was #20

Palmer launched hard, but then the engine started eating itself up on the top end. He stays with it, he makes his quickest pass of the weekend. He will not get in the show.

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Left Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 3.793/320.20, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.741/327.11, Was #12
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.024/225.82, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.737/331.36, Was #11

Salinas with a good pass early, then started losing traction and had big bang an quick fireball. She gets the car stopped safely.

Ashley with a good pass early and then starts dropping cylinders and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.722/327.35, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.730/331.69, Was #10
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.775/334.98, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.742/332.59, Was #14

Pruett with a good pass until right in the lights when the car got real loose. She stayed with it, she moves into the top half of the show with her quickest pass of the weekend.

Stewart with a good pass early, then drops a cylinder on the top end. He stays with it, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 8.919/82.77, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.842/320.20, Was #16
Right Lane: Keith Murt Runs 9.260/78.54, Now #17; Best prior run: 3.862/289.38, Was #17

Schumacher's fuel line came loose right at the hit and is leaking fuel on the track. The car gets real loose and he does a great job getting the car straighten out.

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

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 6.518/117.96, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.728/333.66, Was #10
Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 8.922/85.66, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.742/332.75, Was #13

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

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

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.156/204.66, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.760/323.19, Was #15
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.752/332.92, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.721/331.69, Was #7

Millican with a good pass early, but then started to spin the tires around half track and clicked it off.

Reed with a good clean pass, straight down the groove. He will not improve, but makes the second quickest pass of the session.

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Left Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 4.315/192.80, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.723/332.59, Was #9
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 6.617/88.88, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.715/332.67, Was #4

Wurtzel starts to spin the tires around half track and clicked it off.

Massey is up in smoke right off the starting line and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.727/338.00, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.716/333.91, Was #5
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.821/322.42, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.704/334.90, Was #2

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up and makes the second quickest pass of the session.

Brown started to drop cylinders around half track and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.738/340.65, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.708/335.90, Was #3
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.701/337.16, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.679/339.87, Was #1

Gordon launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight. She makes the fastest pass in St. Louis history with the track speed record. Maddi Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.157, 660ft-3.024/295.66 mph.

Langdon kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the session. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.816 sec., 330ft-2.108, 660ft-2.980/292.77 mph. He has swept qualifying bonus points so far this weekend.

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