Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 13:58 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Shawn Reed Runs 3.727/333.78, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.761/334.70, Was #12

Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.50 inches, adjusted altitude 813 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Reed with a good pass, kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 3.758/327.80, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.986/86.97, Was #19
Right Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 4.682/158.40, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.026/225.28, Was #16

Massey is straight down the groove to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He gets in the show.

Callaway starts to smoke the tires around half track and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 3.913/253.54, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.701/333.43, Was #6
Right Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 4.021/301.45, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.589/169.57, Was #19

Gordon with a good pass early, started to get loose on the top end and clicked it off early.

Ferre is straight down the groove with his quickest pass this weekend, but will not get in the show.

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Left Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 6.752/98.88, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.809/283.30, Was #15
Right Lane: Charles Loftin Runs 3.926/281.51, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.400/195.58, Was #19

Schumacher started to rattle the tires early and clicked it off.

Loftin is straight down the groove with his career quickest and fastest pass. He will not get in the show.

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Left Lane: Jake Sanders Runs 3.844/319.78, Now #16; Best prior run: 3.900/304.47, Was #16
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.163/136.97, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.714/337.64, Was #8

Sanders launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest and fastest pass. He will stay on the bump spot. Jake Sanders' incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.191, 660ft-3.092/283.25 mph.

Hart started to lose traction around 33 feet and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 3.748/329.89, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.785/311.55, Was #14
Right Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 4.190/200.17, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.746/333.95, Was #12

Mercier is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the season and he moves up the ladder one spot.

Torrence starts to haze the tire just past half track and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 4.280/189.14, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.713/335.80, Was #7
Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 4.545/166.14, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.714/335.80, Was #9

Ashley started to lose traction around 1/8 mile and clicked it off.

smith started to haze the tires and clicked it off early.

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Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.691/336.05, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.697/334.20, Was #5
Right Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.741/335.37, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.716/332.45, Was #10

Pruett is straight down the groove, hitting on all eight to make her quickest pass of the weekend.

Millican with another good clean pass, but will not improve

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.693/340.03, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.677/335.32, Was #4
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 5.165/133.67, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.668/343.70, Was #2

Brown launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his career fastest pass. Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.124, 660ft-2.980/297.17 mph.

Stewart started to haze the tires just past the 330-foot mark and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.677/340.57, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.668/338.80, Was #3
Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.657/339.47, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.648/340.39, Was #1

Kalitta kept it hooked up with another good looking pass, his first 340 mph-pass this weekend. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.109, 660ft-2.966/298.75 mph.

Langdon launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.828 sec., 330ft-2.109, 660ft-2.966/298.75 mph.