Fri, 24 Feb 2017, 19:47 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona 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 No Time, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Steve Faria Runs 5.295/129.06, Now #10; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,024 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Haddock can't the car stopped at the end of the burnout and coast on down the track.

Faria waits for Haddock to clear the top end. He then is up in smoke by 330 feet and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 9.940/78.92, Now #14; Best prior run: 9.362/76.63, Was #13
Right Lane: Troy Buff Runs 3.764/321.96, Now #4; No Prior Run

Reed is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Apparently he used up an engine as the word from the Safety Safari is there is oil. Shawn Reed was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season. That will cost him 5 points.

Buff launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest and fastest pass to go to the number four spot.

Troy Buff's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.126, 660ft-3.018/284.45 mph.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.689/326.56, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.400/84.87, Was #13
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.709/322.88, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.520/167.14, Was #9

This is a great side-by-side drag race. Brown launched hard and kept it hooked up to set the track E.T. record to go to the number one spot.

Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.091, 660ft-2.957/293.92 mph.

Kalitta with a real nice pass, straight down the groove to the number four spot.

Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.831 sec., 330ft-2.106, 660ft-2.970/292.01 mph.

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Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 15.898/28.92, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.377/93.04, Was #13
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 4.109/223.80, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.971/278.29, Was #10

force is up in smoke as soon as she hit the throttle.

Palmer was on a good looking pass until around 750 feet when the car pitched the blower belt and the car went silent.

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.751/316.30, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.786/283.67, Was #9
Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.852/274.22, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.768/322.11, Was #8

Millican launched hard and was straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. He runs his quickest pass of the season.

Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.997/288.46 mph.

McMillen was right there with Millican until he started to haze the tires on the top end.

Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.173, 660ft-3.055/286.92 mph.

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Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.751/326.48, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.766/320.58, Was #8
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 3.696/326.48, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.732/322.58, Was #5

Torrence with a good looking pass to move up the ladder a couple spots.

Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.014/290.13 mph.

Coughlin launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight all the way down the track. He runs his career quickest pass to go to the number two spot.

Troy Coughlin Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.112, 660ft-2.969/294.88 mph.

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Left Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.658/329.34, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.705/329.91, Was #4
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.667/323.89, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.703/322.96, Was #3

This is a great side-by-side drag race with quickest side-by-side drag race.

Pritchett launched hard and makes the quickest pass in the history of Top Fuel. She sets the Top Fuel National record.

Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.821 sec., 330ft-2.082, 660ft-2.932/297.29 mph.

Schumacher is right there with her with the third quickest pass in the history of Top Fuel.

Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.823 sec., 330ft-2.084, 660ft-2.936/295.98 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink