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Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 15:02 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge 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:

Right Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 5.195/140.83, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.218/282.72, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 3,167 feet.

Ferre starts dropping cylinders early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Bernie Plourd Runs 11.645/42.42, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.716/335.65, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.724/340.56, Was #7

Plourd has some problems getting the car to fire, finally it fires up. Right at the hit the car lost traction and mad a move toward the centerline before he clicked it off.

Gordon launched hard and kept it hooked up to make her quickest pass of the weekend. She goes to the number five spot. Maddi Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.146, 660ft-3.001/298.01 mph.

Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.777/329.99, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.719/332.67, Was #6
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.823/318.99, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.845/319.37, Was #14

Massey is straight down the groove with a good clean pass, he wont improve.

Reed with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 14 spot.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.750/334.65, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.762/322.19, Was #12
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.722/334.73, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.728/335.48, Was #8

Schumacher kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot.

Torrence launched hard and kept it hitting on all with his quickest pass of the weekend. He stays in the number eight spot.

Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.787/327.90, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.775/328.70, Was #13
Right Lane: Chris Powers Runs 3.882/272.01, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.883/315.78, Was #15

Ashley is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve.

Powers pushes out a head gasket around half track with a quick flash of flames. He stays with it to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number 15 spot.

Left Lane: Will Smith Runs 11.097/66.30, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.756/327.11, Was #12
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.753/326.16, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.741/325.77, Was #10

Smith's car jumped up on the rear tires and lost traction before he clicked it off.

Brown announced a contract exition with MATCO before this run. Brown is straight down the groove with a good pass, but will not improve.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.767/264.23, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.695/335.73, Was #4
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.691/336.32, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.728/333.49, Was #9

Kalitta launched hard and was running 300 mph at 1/8 mile and then started to lose traction on the top end. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.101, 660ft-2.943/301.40 mph.

Millican kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number four spot. Millican is also at 300 mph at 1/8 mile. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.132, 660ft-2.981/300.06 mph.

Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 4.204/197.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.688/325.61, Was #3
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.705/332.84, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.720/321.65, Was #8

Hart launched hard and was on a good pass until it lost traction around half track and clicked it off.

Pruett is straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend. She did drop a cylinder or two right in the lights. She goes to the number six spot.

Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.677/336.57, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.676/339.28, Was #2
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 13.414/75.71, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.672/332.59, Was #1

Stewart launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Tony Stewart's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.113, 660ft-2.965/297.81 mph.

Langdon lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink