Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 19:18 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Rick Green |
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.723/332.10, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.860/148.66, Was #16
Right Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 3.761/319.07, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.844/148.46, Was #15
Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,991 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.
This is a great side-by-side drag race to start the session.
Kalitta kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove. He goes to the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.127, 660ft-2.997/292.39 mph.
Tatum with a great pass, kept it hitting on all eight.
Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.892/311.56, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.328/186.56, Was #16
Right Lane: Cody Krohn Runs 3.951/286.92, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.117/236.01, Was #14
Ashley is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. He moves off the bump spot.
Krohn starts to get loose on the top end. Apparently he used up an engine as there is oil on the track.
He makes his career quickest and fastest pass in only his second National event.
Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.728/328.94, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.326/187.78, Was #16
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.776/318.62, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.788/326.40, Was #8
this was a good side-by-side drag race.
Schumacher with header flames lit to the finish line goes to the number two spot. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.139, 660ft-3.000/294.05 mph.
Hart with a really good pass to move into the top half of the show. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.133, 660ft-3.021/286.25 mph.
Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.739/327.82, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.905/269.24, Was #15
Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 7.456/78.52, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.787/327.51, Was #9
Stewart with a great pass, straight down the groove with the candles lit. He goes to the number four spot. Tony Stewart's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.141, 660ft-3.002/291.38 mph.
force starts to lose traction and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.726/332.67, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.873/271.73, Was #14
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.785/320.13, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.782/330.72, Was #9
Millican launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.130, 660ft-3.000/291.82 mph.
Torrence's chute started to deploy around 300 feet and still makes this pass. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.149, 660ft-3.035/285.83 mph.
Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.791/325.45, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.840/322.65, Was #14
Right Lane: Mike Salinas Runs 3.717/321.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.759/325.61, Was #7
Reed with a career best E.T. and speed to move up the ladder a couple spots. Shawn Reed's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.173, 660ft-3.050/288.27 mph.
Salinas is mixing cylinders up on the top end and still goes to the top. Mike Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.108, 660ft-2.976/290.51 mph.
Left Lane: Doug Foley Runs 3.764/318.84, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.805/316.67, Was #14
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.697/332.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.755/330.39, Was #7
foley kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number nine spot. Doug Foley's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.138, 660ft-3.012/286.92 mph.
Langdon launched hard and was straight as an arrow to go to the number one spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.108, 660ft-2.971/293.66 mph.
Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 6.238/104.82, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.793/326.16, Was #14
Right Lane: Steve Torrence Runs 3.690/333.08, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.729/331.94, Was #6
Brown is up in smoke early and clicks it off.
Torrence with the header flames shooting high over the rear wing all the way down the track. He goes back to the number one spot after getting back to the number six spot prior to the run. Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.827 sec., 330ft-2.109, 660ft-2.967/294.63 mph.
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