Drag Race Central - NHRA
Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 15:21 PM

Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1
By Rick Green



BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Right Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 4.322/190.16, Now #1

Callaway with good pass, not sure if it was a planned shut off.

Left Lane: Kebin Kinsley Runs 5.235/132.11, Now #2
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 6.440/99.46, Now #3

Kinsley driving the Worsham family Top Fueler this weekend. He starts to shake before half track and clicks it off.

Palmer was hazing the tires early in the run and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Joe Morrison Runs 7.028/89.62, Now #4
Right Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 10.492/70.27, Now #5

Morrison had a cylinder out right at the and then started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Ferre shook right at the hit and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.913/301.87, Now #2
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.685/330.07, Now #1

Foley with straight down the groove with a good clean pass to start the weekend. Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.218, 660ft-3.135/276.01 mph.

Schumacher launched hard and kept it hooked up. He makes a great looking pass. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.821 sec., 330ft-2.093, 660ft-2.957/294.18 mph.

Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.802/276.58, Now #2
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.437/173.52, Now #5

Millican was on a good pass, but the car went silent before the finish line. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.012/288.52 mph.

Ashley is on a planned shut off here after having problems last weekend in Dallas.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.773/303.64, Now #2
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.812/269.67, Now #4

Brown with a good clean pass, straight down the groove. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.137, 660ft-3.018/287.60 mph.

Langdon was on a great looking pass, his car went silent well before the finish line. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.837 sec., 330ft-2.128, 660ft-3.007/288.58 mph.

Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.701/327.74, Now #2
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 5.136/132.78, Now #9

Torrence with a good looking pass and was straight down the groove. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.100, 660ft-2.969/291.38 mph.

Pruett driving the Pennzoil dragster this weekend...he is wrapped to look like a dragster Eddie Hill drove. Pruett started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 7.170/89.40, Now #14
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.672/327.98, Now #1

Kalitta started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.812 sec., 330ft-2.078, 660ft-2.941/293.98 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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