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Fri, 13 Nov 2026, 18:59 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Left Lane: Bernie Plourd Runs 7.660/84.28, Now #2
Right Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 4.262/279.67, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.77 inches, adjusted altitude 2,056 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Plourd launched with the front end in the air, the car made a move toward the centerline. He clicked it off.

Ferre was dropping cylinders from half track on and clicked it off early.

Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.733/327.98, Now #1
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.778/322.73, Now #2

Massey kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make a good pass to start the weekend.

Reed with a good pass, straight down the groove. It appeared to drop a cylinder on the top end.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.764/301.13, Now #2
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.786/332.67, Now #4

Schumacher with a good pass, but his speed is down.

Millican had a hole out from half track on. It was pushing the car out of the groove toward the wall. He stayed with it.

Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.713/333.66, Now #1
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 7.587/80.52, Now #7

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.124, 660ft-2.990/294.31 mph.

Hart shook the tires right at the hit and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 6.842/85.04, Now #7
Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 12.984/56.12, Now #10

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

Smith with severe tire shake and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.679/342.11, Now #1
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.717/337.07, Now #3

Gordon launched hard and kept it hooked up to make her career quickest and fastest pass. she goes to the number one spot. Maddi Gordon's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-2.973/300.20 mph.

Stewart was hitting on all eight all the way down the track to go to the number three spot. Tony Stewart's incremental times: 60ft-0.848 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-2.999/295.27 mph.

Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.698/334.65, Now #2
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.705/335.07, Now #3

Pruett with the candles lit all the way down the track to go to the number two spot. Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.122, 660ft-2.977/295.98 mph.

Brown kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove to the number three spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.123, 660ft-2.985/296.24 mph.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.677/340.39, Now #1
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 8.006/87.90, Now #15

Kalitta launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.119, 660ft-2.967/298.93 mph.

Langdon with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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