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Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2
Fri, 25 Feb 2005, 10:01 PM
Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual
Checker Schuck's Kragen 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:
Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 4.695/311.70, Now #10; Best prior run: 10.386/85.82,
Was #17
Right Lane: Cory McClenathan Runs 4.570/315.86, Now #7; No Prior Run
Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent,
barometer 28.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,157 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.Dixon with
good looking pass to get into the show. Cory Mac with a better looking pass. Larry Dixon's
incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.222, 660ft-3.175/263.92mph, 1,000ft-3.985
Cory
McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.163, 660ft-3.081/272.83mph,
1,000ft-3.870
Left Lane: David Grubnic Runs 8.223/84.55, Now #18; Best prior run: 9.844/42.31,
Was #18
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 4.678/295.27, Now #10; Best prior run: 8.543/94.20,
Was #17
Grubnic got to about 330-foot mark and then lost traction. Palmer with a great
looking pass to get in the show and that will bump out Litton.
Left Lane: Bruce Litton Runs 5.308/187.65, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.912/106.15,
Was #17
Right Lane: John Smith Runs 9.665/94.51, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.957/121.62, Was
#16
Smith lost traction early and clicked off by 300 feet. Litton got to about half
track and started to get loose and the engine started to eat itself up before he clicked it
off.
Left Lane: Scott Weis Runs 8.525/99.32, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.344/182.18, Was
#15
Weis started to lose traction right off the starting line and pedaled it one time
and was back up in smoke and finally lifted.
Left Lane: Andrew Cowin Runs 4.798/238.34, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.717/296.57,
Was #12
Right Lane: Mike Strasburg Runs 5.634/177.98, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.868/241.50,
Was #13
Strasburg started to lose traction and pedaled one time around 200 feet and then
lost traction again and clicked it off. Cowin was on a good pass and then clicked it early.
Andrew Cowin's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.175, 660ft-3.100/269.73mph,
1,000ft-3.925
Left Lane: Rit Pustari Runs 6.538/124.87, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.601/308.43, Was
#9
Right Lane: Brandon Bernstein Runs 9.285/89.41, Now #8; Best prior run:
4.595/326.16, Was #8
Bernstein lost traction early and clicked it off. Pustari started to lose traction
and attempted to pedal, but then lost traction again before he clicked it off.
Left Lane: David Baca Runs 11.106/78.99, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.553/326.32, Was
#5
Right Lane: Doug Herbert Runs 4.499/330.63, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.553/325.06,
Was #6
Baca lost traction early in the run and clicked it off. Herbert launched hard and
keep the candle lit and the Goodyears stuck all the way through the 1320 for his career best
E.T. and mph. That is the first time Herbert has been in the 330-mph zone. Doug Herbert's
incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.139, 660ft-3.053/275.45mph, 1,000ft-3.827
Left Lane: Scott Kalitta Runs 4.500/327.82, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.547/326.40,
Was #5
Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 11.496/72.50, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.510/321.96,
Was #4
Lucas lost tract6ion and clicked it off. Kalitta with a great looking pass to move
up the ladder one spot.
Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.570/307.79, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.493/326.24,
Was #2
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 7.611/104.06, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.490/327.19,
Was #1
Kalitta launched hard and then started to lose traction around 300 feet and clicked
it off. Schumacher with clean pass, but the mph was off on the top end, so I am not sure if he
lifted, but it didn't look like he had problems.
Doug Kalitta holds on to the number one
spot from this afternoon and King is on the bubble with a 5.874 seconds. Qualifying will
continue tomorrow at noon and 3 pm.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
By Rick Green
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