Sat, 20 Sep 2014, 14:06 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.851/320.43, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.790/322.11, Was #6
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 5.989/107.15, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.813/318.39, Was #7

Schumacher with a good clean pass, but will not improve. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.092/278.35 mph. Torrence shook earl and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.833/319.60, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.786/323.74, Was #5
Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 4.490/189.02, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.823/317.49, Was #11

Torrence was straight down the groove, but he will not improve. Pritchett started to mix up cylinder and clicked it off around half track.

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Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.874/317.42, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.814/320.89, Was #8
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.324/212.49, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.761/317.87, Was #1

Massey appeared to spin the tires right at the hit, but got it to hook up and he will not improve. Todd lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Khalid alBalooshi Runs 3.848/319.45, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.829/317.57, Was #12
Right Lane: Morgan Lucas Runs 3.988/250.69, Now #13; No Prior Run

alBalooshi with a good clean pass, straight down the groove. He will not improve. Lucas was on good pass early and the slowed on the top end he still gets a number on the board. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.157, 660ft-3.112/265.43 mph.

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Right Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 4.421/188.89, Now #14; No Prior Run

Kinsley is mixing up cylinders early and clicks it off around half track.

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 6.563/89.90, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 4.762/156.59, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.816/319.60, Was #9

Millican lost traction right at the hit, but gets a number on the board. Crampton started to lose traction and clicked it off early.

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Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.661/222.11, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.965/304.80, Now #13; No Prior Run

Force is up in smoke early and she pedals it and smokes the tires through the 1000 feet. she gets in the show on the bubble. McMillen dropped a cylinder early, but stayed with it to go to the number 13 spot.

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Left Lane: Larry Dixon Runs 4.997/140.78, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.819/324.20, Was #10
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.522/171.75, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.774/320.36, Was #4

Dixon starts to haze the tires around 400 feet and clicks it off. Langdon makes it a little farther down track before he starts to haze the tires.

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Right Lane: Bob Vandergriff Runs 4.288/193.07, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.770/320.13, Was #3

Vandergriff was on a good pass until just past half track when he started to haze the tires.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.874/316.45, Now #13; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.912/304.32, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.765/326.71, Was #2

Brown launched hard and was straight down the groove to get a number on the board. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.181, 660ft-3.105/275.17 mph.
Kalitta with good pass, but he will not improve. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.116/270.64 mph.

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