Fri, 30 Sep 2005, 10:41 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Ameriquest Mortgage Route 66 NHRA 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: Rod Fuller Runs 4.508/329.10, Now #2; Best prior run: 11.041/71.42, Was #19
Right Lane: David Grubnic Runs 4.578/325.61, Now #5; Best prior run: 12.723/74.24, Was #22

8:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.71 inches, adjusted altitude 585 feet, track temperature 75 degrees.

Fuller makes a great run, a career best ET and speed, and he moves into the second spot. Grubnic makes a full pass on this one and gets in the field in the fifth spot.

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Left Lane: T.J. Zizzo Runs 11.896/77.06, Now #21; Best prior run: 10.868/80.34, Was #20
Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.466/328.14, Now #1; Best prior run: 11.713/75.96, Was #22

Zizzo strikes the tires right off the line and clicks it off. McClenethan goes right down the groove, running a season best ET, and takes over the top spot for now.

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Left Lane: Luigi Novelli Runs 15.674/77.99, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.074/112.55, Was #19
Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 4.564/325.92, Now #5; Best prior run: 11.288/71.37, Was #22

Novelli goes up in smoke right off the line. Bernstein makes a good, safe pass and gets in the top half of the field.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.491/329.58, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.953/118.95, Was #19
Right Lane: Scott Weis Runs 6.021/146.96, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.656/112.16, Was #21

Weis gets about 300 feet out and the candles go out, not sure why. Kalitta goes right down the groove and gets in the show in the third spot.

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Left Lane: Doug Herbert Runs 4.480/325.30, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.942/143.46, Was #19
Right Lane: Bruce Litton Runs 4.682/311.56, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.272/186.61, Was #16

A couple of good runs here, Herbert makes a big jump and moves all the way to the second spot for now. Litton gets off the bump into the 13th spot.

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Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.724/282.01, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.597/174.01, Was #19
Right Lane: Tim Gibson No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.103/198.93, Was #17

Gibson goes up in smoke right off the line. Beckman makes a decent pass to get in the show but loses an engine in the lights.

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Left Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.536/326.95, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.404/171.51, Was #19
Right Lane: Joe Hartley Runs 9.853/95.50, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.969/256.60, Was #17

Hartley gets about 300 feet out and goes up in smoke. Troxel goes right down the groove and moves up to the seventh spot.

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Left Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 4.520/323.81, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.854/219.22, Was #17
Right Lane: Bobby Lagana Jr. Runs 4.835/308.99, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.778/309.84, Was #16

Lucas keeps the candles lit all the way through the run, moves into the field , and bumps out Lagana.

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Left Lane: Tim Cullinan Runs 4.669/308.64, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.681/315.42, Was #14

Cullinan makes a career best pass and will stay in the 14th spot.

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Left Lane: Scott Kalitta Runs 7.460/96.57, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.565/316.75, Was #10
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 18.590/53.21, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.611/318.99, Was #12

Millican goes up in smoke right off the line. Kalitta makes it a little further and has the same results.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.437/331.77, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.486/325.14, Was #3
Right Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 4.524/321.73, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.511/326.63, Was #6

A great run by Schumacher here, under the national record. He needs to run a 4.481 or quicker to back it up and claim the record. Dixon makes a good pass, just a little slower than his first pass.

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