Sat, 01 May 2021, 14:45 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Buddy Hull No Time, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 30.10 inches, adjusted altitude 1,902 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Buddy Hall is making his Top Fuel debut driving the Terry Haddock top Fuel car. He has blower explosion right at the hit and come to a stop on the track around half track.

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Left Lane: Joe Morrison Runs 30.957/38.56, Now #2
Right Lane: Arthur Allen Runs 5.690/116.81, Now #1

Morrison's crew fired up and found out the car didn't have any oil pressure, so he didn't do a burnout. He idled down the track to get on the sheet.

Allen was up in smoke early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Doug Foley Runs 4.842/151.63, Now #2
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 4.089/226.43, Now #1

Foley is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

Salinas starts to haze the tires on the top end and clicks it off, he still goes to the top.

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Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 4.657/163.39, Now #3
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.104/231.28, Now #2

Force starts to smoke the tires and clicks it off.

Ashley started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 5.091/144.50, Now #6
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 4.897/145.80, Now #5

Pruett is up in smoke and clicks it off.

Millican with the Wal-Mart sponsorship this weekend, they have the Wal-Mart Wellness center on the grounds offering covid-19 vaccinations. He is up in smoke and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.173/133.13, Now #8
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 4.522/181.94, Now #3

Hart is up in smoke and clicks it off.

Torrence like the rest of the teams loses traction and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.685/162.86, Now #5
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 4.821/153.60, Now #6

Both cars start to lose traction and both shut them off.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.783/154.79, Now #7
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.869/319.98, Now #1

Langdon started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to make a full pass and go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.111/277.72 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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