Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 16:16 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Rick Green |
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 4.844/148.46, Now #2
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.840/322.65, Now #1
Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,354 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.
Tatum starts to lose traction and clicks it off.
Reed with a good clean pass to start the season.
Left Lane: Cody Krohn Runs 4.117/236.01, Now #3
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.905/269.24, Now #2
Krohn with problems getting the car into reverse after the burnout. He gets it back to the starting line. He has a cylinder or two out early and clicks it off.
Stewart making his NHRA Top Fuel debut. He drops some cylinders just before half track and clicks it off early.
Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.782/330.72, Now #1
Right Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.805/316.67, Now #2
Billy Torrence is said he is running the complete season this year. He launched hard and starts to skate around on the top end. He goes to the number one spot.
Foley is straight down the groove with a clean pass.
Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.755/330.39, Now #1
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.873/271.73, Now #5
Langdon starts the season with a new crew chief Brian Husen move over from Doug's team.
He was straight down the groove with a great pass to go to the number one spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.148, 660ft-3.024/290.44 mph.
Millican started to lose traction and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.788/326.40, Now #3
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 4.326/187.78, Now #9
Hart with a nice pass to start the season, straight down the groove to the number three spot. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.169, 660ft-3.048/287.66 mph.
Schumacher starts to drop cylinders around 300 feet and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 3.787/327.51, Now #3
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.793/326.16, Now #5
This is a great side-by-side drag race.
Force kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number three spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.149, 660ft-3.046/283.97 mph.
brown is right there with her to go to the number five spot. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.164, 660ft-3.051/286.32 mph.
Left Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.759/325.61, Now #2
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.328/186.56, Now #13
Salinas with great looking pass, kept the header flames lit all the way down the track. He goes to the number two spot. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.153, 660ft-3.027/290.44 mph.
Ashley starts to smoke the tires around 300 feet and pedals it one time before he clicks it off.
Left Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.729/331.94, Now #1
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.860/148.66, Now #16
Torrence launched hard and had it hitting on all eight all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.128, 660ft-3.000/291.07 mph.
Kalitta starts to haze the tires around half track and clicks it off.
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