Sat, 01 Oct 2016, 17:54 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual Dodge 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:

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Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 13.955/26.01, Now #18; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.067/308.14, Now #10; Best prior run: 12.705/76.17, Was #17

Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 84 percent, barometer 29.50 inches, adjusted altitude 1,547 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

Haddock didn't make a pass in round one. Millican shut off in round one, they both are now trying to get in the show. Haddock was up in smoke right off the starting line and then the chutes deployed and he coasted to the finish line. He will not get in the show. Millican started to lose traction right at the hit and pedaled it and then then he got real loose on the top end. The engine was eating itself up right in the lights. The word from the top end is there is oil in Millican's lane. This is Millican's first oil down of the season.

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Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 6.833/90.47, Now #16; Best prior run: 8.509/84.98, Was #17
Right Lane: Smax Smith Runs 5.477/236.30, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.255/104.52, Was #15

Reed starts to lose traction right at the hit and and pedals and loses traction again only to lose traction again, but he coast on through the finish line quick enough to get in the show. Smith started to lose traction right at the hit, he pedals it and starts to lose traction again, he pedals it again and gets it to hook up enough to go to the number 14 spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink