Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 22:10 PM Top Fuel Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge 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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Left Lane: Chris Powers Runs 3.883/315.78, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.885/308.21, Was #13

Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.83 inches, adjusted altitude 3,207 feet, track temperature 76 degrees.

Powers kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove. He makes another good looking pass, he will stay in the number 13 spot.

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Left Lane: Shawn Reed Runs 13.130/49.36, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.845/319.37, Was #12
Right Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 3.775/328.70, Now #12; Best prior run: 11.017/74.26, Was #16

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

Ashley kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove to get off the bump spot.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 3.741/325.77, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.772/331.61, Was #11
Right Lane: Doug Kalitta Runs 3.695/335.73, Now #1; Best prior run: 8.039/113.24, Was #16

Brown is straight down the groove with another good pass to move up the ladder one spot.

Kalitta launched hard and kept the candles lit all the way down the track to get off the bump spot to go to the number one spot. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-2.977/295.72 mph.

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Left Lane: Leah Pruett Runs 3.720/321.65, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.734/324.51, Was #8
Right Lane: Tony Schumacher Runs 7.759/81.52, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.762/322.19, Was #12

Pruett kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number five spot. Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.116, 660ft-2.976/291.57 mph.

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

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Left Lane: Clay Millican Runs 3.728/333.49, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.730/334.65, Was #8
Right Lane: Will Smith Runs 3.757/328.06, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.756/327.11, Was #11

Millican kept it hooked up with his quickest pass today. He will stay in the number eight spot.

Smith with another good pass, but will not improve and stays in the number 11 spot.

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Left Lane: Billy Torrence Runs 11.302/123.98, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.728/335.48, Was #7
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 3.688/325.61, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.735/334.40, Was #9

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

Hart launched hard and had the header flames shooting high over the rear wing all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.115, 660ft-2.968/298.34 mph.

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Left Lane: Maddi Gordon Runs 13.670/71.62, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.724/340.56, Was #7
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 12.197/80.87, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.719/332.67, Was #5

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

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

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 3.672/332.59, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.719/335.73, Was #4
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 3.676/339.28, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.719/336.99, Was #3

Langdon launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.825 sec., 330ft-2.101, 660ft-2.954/297.94 mph.

Stewart kept it hooked up and was right there with Langdon to go to the number two spot. Tony Stewart's incremental times: 60ft-0.846 sec., 330ft-2.117, 660ft-2.964/298.80 mph.

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