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Sat, 14 Nov 2026, 17:41 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Bernie Plourd Runs 6.279/100.43, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.660/84.28, Was #16
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.747/332.34, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.504/96.45, Was #15

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,230 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Plourd launched with the front end in the air and then shook before he clicked it off.

Hart kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number 10 spot.

Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.261/199.17, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.764/301.13, Was #11

Schumacher with a good pass early, but dropped a cylinder or two around half track and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.771/329.75, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.730/328.86, Was #9
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.751/155.51, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.786/332.67, Was #14

Massey kept it hooked up with another good looking pass. He has made all four passes in the 3.70s this weekend.

Millican started to haze the tires and drop cylinders around half track.

Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 9.615/77.12, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.728/337.16, Was #8
Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 4.179/200.80, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.780/329.18, Was #13

Ashley started to lose traction early and clicked it off.

Smith started to haze the tires just past half track and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.745/325.77, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.713/333.66, Was #7
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.727/332.02, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.778/322.73, Was #12

Torrence is straight down the groove with another good pass.

Reed launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He makes the quickest pass of the session to move into the top half of the show. Shawn Reed's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.004/297.42 mph.

Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.719/335.48, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.698/334.65, Was #3
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 10.628/85.41, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.712/338.94, Was #6

Pruett launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make the quickest pass of the session. she will stay in the number three spot.

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

Left Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.732/335.23, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.679/342.11, Was #2
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 6.202/107.56, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.705/335.07, Was #5

Gordon kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to make another good pass.

Brown starts to lose traction and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.682/341.68, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.677/340.39, Was #1
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.693/337.66, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.699/339.02, Was #4

Kalitta launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. He holds on to the number one spot for the seventh time this season and 73rd career. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.973/298.87 mph.

Stewart with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up the ladder one spot. He makes the second quickest pass of the session. Tony Stewart's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-2.977/296.70 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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