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MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 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: Left Lane: Charles Loftin Runs 4.044/249.16, Now #19; Best prior run: 10.051/81.74, Was #21 Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,518 feet, track temperature 103 degrees. Loftin starts to drop cylinders, and then clicks it off early. He still makes his quickest pass of the weekend. He will not get in the show. Right Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 11.231/65.61, Now #21; Best prior run: 4.169/228.34, Was #21 Ferre is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off. He will not get in the show. Left Lane: Keith Murt Runs 8.895/81.75, Now #17; Best prior run: 3.862/289.38, Was #17 Right Lane: Brian Inouye Runs 9.845/87.59, Now #20; Best prior run: 4.159/247.47, Was #20 Murt is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Inouye is up in smoke right off the starting line and clicked it off. Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.733/337.50, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.742/332.59, Was #14 Right Lane: Tony Schumacher No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.842/320.20, Was #16 Stewart kept it hooked up and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number 11 spot. Schumacher is shut off after the burnout, apparently had an air issue. Left Lane: Will Smith Runs 4.751/154.33, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.742/332.75, Was #14 Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.226/203.16, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.760/323.19, Was #15 Smith drifts out of the groove and is up in smoke before he clicked it off. Millican started to spin the tires early and was out of the groove before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 10.575/73.08, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.737/331.36, Was #12 Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.735/339.45, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.728/333.66, Was #10 Ashley is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Kalitta is straight down the groove he will not improve. He makes the second quickest pass of the session. Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.768/333.49, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.721/331.69, Was #7 Right Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 4.915/145.06, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.723/332.59, Was #9 Reed is straight down the groove with the fourth quickest pass of the session. Wurtzel drives into tire smoke and clicks it off. Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 4.951/146.59, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.717/333.41, Was #6 Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.728/335.07, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.722/327.35, Was #8 Hart starts to lose traction and clicks it off. Pruett kept it hooked up and makes the quickest pass of the session. She will stay in the number eight spot. Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.006/293.22 mph. Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.769/337.24, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.704/334.90, Was #2 Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.746/334.73, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.716/333.91, Was #5 Brown with another good pass, straight down the groove. He will not improve, but holds on to the number two spot. Torrence with another good looking pass, straight down the groove. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.284/189.90, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.679/339.87, Was #1 Right Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 5.255/129.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.708/335.90, Was #3 Langdon is up in smoke early and clicks it of. Gordon is up in smoke right off the starting line and clicks it off.
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