Sat, 19 Sep 2026, 17:38 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Notes from final, round 4 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.671/329.19, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.826/332.35, Was #15

Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 1,966 feet.

Hart launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 3.729/338.86, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.805/331.86, Was #15
Right Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 8.812/83.36, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.801/333.58, Was #14

Schumacher launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number six spot. He make his career fastest pass.

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

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 9.393/76.45, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.762/334.08, Was #14
Right Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 7.082/97.36, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.743/328.23, Was #12

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

Pruett shook and was sideways as she clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.923/243.37, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.746/336.57, Was #13
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.673/338.09, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.740/331.86, Was #11

Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 82 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 1,966 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Gordon with a good pass early, but started to overpower the track and torch a head gasket as she shut it off early.

Brown launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest and matches his career fastest passes this season He goes to the number three spot.

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Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 8.266/81.51, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.736/330.15, Was #10
Right Lane: Kyle Wurtzel Runs 12.068/61.50, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.739/334.08, Was #11

Massey is up in smoke right off the starting line and clicked it off.

Wurtzel was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 6.786/102.76, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.736/334.57, Was #9
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 10.546/70.89, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.733/333.58, Was #8

Torrence lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Ashley is up in smoke early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 8.292/79.42, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.714/339.62, Was #6
Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 3.723/330.64, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.706/335.32, Was #5

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

Smith is straight down the groove with anther good looking pass. The third quickest of the session.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 9.134/83.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.698/339.37, Was #4
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 7.389/101.95, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.660/338.86, Was #1

Langdon is up in smoke right at the hit.

Kalitta drives into tire shake and clicked it off.