Fri, 18 Sep 2026, 15:02 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Great Lakes Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Kyle Satenstein Runs 7.888/81.48, Now #2
Right Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 3.799/321.43, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 1,864 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Satenstein was dropping cylinders early and clicked it off.

Wurtzel making his season debut and he is straight down the groove for the win.

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Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.811/327.51, Now #3
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 3.801/333.58, Now #2

Massey kept it hooked up and makes a good pass.

Reed is straight down the groove with a good pass.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 10.272/86.92, Now #6
Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 3.762/305.29, Now #1

Schumacher is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Smith kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove to the number one spot.

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 10.292/78.47, Now #8
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.748/333.58, Now #1

Millican is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Ashley launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot.

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Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 3.744/341.43, Now #1
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 9.726/71.62, Now #8

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career fastest pass to go to the number one spot.

Hart lost traction early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.832/318.70, Now #7
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 8.502/69.47, Now #9

Gordon started to drop cylinders on the top end.

Brown had cylinders out early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.714/339.62, Now #1
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.743/328.23, Now #2

Stewart launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to the number one spot.

Pruett kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.732/334.82, Now #2
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 4.014/240.64, Now #11

Langdon is straight down the groove to the number two spot.

Kalitta with a cylinder early and clicked it off early.