Sat, 03 Oct 2020, 20:34 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Rick Green |
MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Right Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 8.869/61.82, Now #1
Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, track temperature 64 degrees.
After about four and half hour rain delay we are racing.
Kinsley is driving the Worsham family Top Fueler. He launched hard and clicked it off and coasted on down the track.
Left Lane: Chris Karamesines Runs 4.701/158.41, Now #1
Right Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 5.274/132.30, Now #2
Karamesines started mixing up the cylinders and clicked it off.
Wurtzel started to shake and pedaled it back into tire shake pedaled it one more time before clicking it off.
Left Lane: Luigi Novelli Runs 6.303/89.81, Now #3
Right Lane: Todd Paton Runs 8.822/81.37, Now #4
Novelli started to lose traction and pedaled it one time, he lost traction again and clicked it off.
Paton launched and clicked it off by 100 feet.
Left Lane: Pat Dakin Runs 4.087/300.66, Now #2
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.680/332.92, Now #1
After about a two and half hour rain delay we are back to racing.
Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 30.09 inches, track temperature 64 degrees.
Dakin started to shake right at the hit and pedaled it, he got it to hook up and makes a good pass.
Schumacher launched hard and kept it hooked up all the way down the track. Hr runs his quickest and fastest pass this season. He sets the track speed record. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.830 sec., 330ft-2.086, 660ft-2.955/292.33 mph.
Left Lane: T.J. Zizzo Runs 3.755/327.74, Now #2
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 13.497/43.49, Now #9
Zizzo was straight down the groove until right in the lights when he gets real close to the wall. He runs his quickest and fastest pass of the season and goes to the number two spot. T.J. Zizzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.833 sec., 330ft-2.131, 660ft-3.018/287.41 mph.
Millican with a lot of sparks coming out of the back of the car and he pedaled it one time before he clicked it off. He coast on down the track.
Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.720/326.95, Now #3
Right Lane: Terry McMillen Runs 3.715/319.45, Now #2
This is a great side-by-side drag race.
Brown is straight down the groove to go to the number three spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.115, 660ft-2.983/290.38 mph.
McMillen kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Terry McMillen's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.101, 660ft-2.970/289.38 mph.
Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 5.993/271.35, Now #8
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 6.503/123.41, Now #10
Langdon's car didn't move when the light turned green, he pedaled it a couple time and got it to hook up.
Ashley started to lose traction on the tope end and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 4.022/322.50, Now #5
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 4.310/249.07, Now #7
Torrence started to rattle the tire and pedaled it around 330 feet and got it to hook up to move into the top half of the show.
Pruett started to smoke the tires and pedaled it, she also moves into the top half of the field.
Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.913/325.22, Now #5
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.924/327.82, Now #6
Kalitta started to rattle the tires and pedaled it, he got it to hook up.
Torrence also lost traction about the same time at Kalitta, he also pedaled it and got it to hook up to go to the number six spot.
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