Fri, 18 Aug 2017, 18:51 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Rick Green |
BRAINERD, Minn. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: Rob Passey Runs 8.808/60.51, Now #1
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon No Time, Now #2
Passey with severe tire shake and rattled the chutes out.
Langdon with tire shake and clicked it off, for some reason he didn't get a E.T.
Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 7.782/87.00, Now #2
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 4.180/209.82, Now #1
Coughlin lost traction early and clicked it off.
Palmer was spitting out parts right from the hit and then the car pitched the blower belt on the top end.
Left Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 5.171/140.71, Now #3
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.761/324.67, Now #1
McMillen with severe tire shake and then started dropping cylinders before he clicked it off.
Millican launched hard and was straight down the groove with a real nice pass. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.140, 660ft-3.017/287.17 mph.
Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.711/314.68, Now #1
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.731/326.79, Now #2
Kalitta was on a great pass early and then the car nosed over on the top end, but still goes to the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.822 sec., 330ft-2.095, 660ft-2.963/291.19 mph.
Force was right there with him to the number two spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.827 sec., 330ft-2.116, 660ft-2.994/288.89 mph.
Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.754/325.53, Now #4
Right Lane: Leah Pritchett Runs 3.677/331.53, Now #1
Schumacher is straight down the groove to the number four spot with a real nice pass. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.147, 660ft-3.016/290.32 mph.
Pritchett launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the top of the list. Leah Pritchett's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.092, 660ft-2.951/295.01 mph.
Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.709/330.15, Now #2
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 10.926/62.50, Now #11
Torrence with a great pass to go to the number two spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.826 sec., 330ft-2.110, 660ft-2.979/292.27 mph.
Brown lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.
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