Mike Salinas led Saturday’s Top Fuel qualifying for the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway. Photo: NHRA Media
Mike Salinas remained in the top spot Saturday for Top Fuel at the Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals, the world’s biggest drag race, at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.
Other provisional No. 1 qualifiers included J.R. Todd in Funny Car, Tanner Gray in Pro Stock and Eddie Krawiec in Pro Stock Motorcycle.
Salinas ran a 3.756-seconds at 321.04 mph during the first round of qualifying on Friday.
“We broke the track down into four increments,” Salinas stated. “We are trying to see how much horsepower we can put down at each portion of the track. This way we can be ready for Monday.”
Clay Millican is right behind him with his pass of 3.762 at 323.81 and three-time world champion Antron Brown rounds out the top three.
Defending event winner Todd powered to the top of the Funny Car class Friday evening with his run of 3.910 at 325.45 and it stayed strong through both of Saturday’s sessions.
“For me, I thought we were going to go in and work on our race day set,” Todd said. “But then the conditions got really good there at Q3 and I started worrying that the No. 1 wasn’t going to hold up. We now know for tomorrow and Monday what to do and what not to do though.”
In Pro Stock Gray ran a 6.603 at 208.68 Friday evening that held strong through Saturday.
“Today I think is more for what we will use on Monday,” Gray stated. “I think tomorrow we will try some stuff. I’ll move my linkage around and see if I can get better on the tree for when I go up against someone in a ‘must win’ situation. All in all, I’m pretty happy with the car and I feel pretty good about it.”
Veteran Greg Anderson remained in the No. 2 position with his pass of 6.621 at 208.75 and defending world champion Bo Butner is third with his pass of 6.621 at 208.17.
Krawiec remained atop of the Pro Stock Motorcycle category with his pass of 6.825 at 197.02 Friday evening.
“Tomorrow morning’s run could be pretty good,” Krawiec said. “Everyone stepped up that second session and it wasn’t just because the air got better. We’ve been picking away at the tune up on my bike because we need to understand what it likes and where its window is heading into Monday.”
Teammate Chip Ellis moved up to the No. 2 spot with a 6.831 at 197.48.
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The third and final day of qualifying begins Sunday at 12:00 pm.
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series
Lucas Oil Raceway – Brownsburg, IN
U.S. Nationals – September 1, 2018
Saturday’s Qualifying Results
Top Fuel — 1. Mike Salinas, 3.756 seconds, 321.04 mph; 2. Clay Millican, 3.762, 323.81; 3. Antron Brown, 3.772, 325.22; 4. Scott Palmer, 3.791, 327.90; 5. Leah Pritchett, 3.797, 323.50; 6. Tony Schumacher, 3.801, 328.14; 7. T.J. Zizzo, 3.812, 321.27; 8. Blake Alexander, 3.815, 311.41; 9.Billy Torrence, 3.822, 324.20; 10. Doug Kalitta, 3.824, 305.77; 11. Steve Torrence, 3.826, 328.22; 12. Pat Dakin, 3.835, 323.04; 13. Terry McMillen, 3.836, 323.35; 14. Brittany Force, 3.836, 318.62; 15. Wayne Newby, 3.887, 310.27; 16. Richie Crampton, 3.889, 317.42.
Not Qualified: 17. Kebin Kinsley, 4.092, 274.61; 18. Lex Joon, broke.
Funny Car — 1. J.R. Todd, Toyota Camry, 3.910, 325.45; 2. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.928, 322.65; 3. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger, 3.943, 324.05; 4. Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 3.948, 320.36; 5. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.952, 319.60; 6. Courtney Force, Chevy Camaro, 3.959, 325.69; 7. Shawn Langdon, Camry, 3.961, 325.22; 8. John Force, Camaro, 4.003, 320.89; 9. Cruz Pedregon, Camry, 4.006, 316.08; 10. Robert Hight, Camaro, 4.010, 301.27; 11. Jack Beckman, Charger, 4.021, 313.51; 12. Ron Capps, Charger, 4.101, 308.71; 13. Del Worsham, Camry, 4.103, 261.32; 14. Bob Bode, Charger, 4.663, 180.28; 15. Jonnie Lindberg, Mustang, 5.043, 151.58; 16. Jim Campbell, Charger, 5.414, 137.36.
Not Qualified: 17. Terry Haddock, 6.008, 111.77; 18. Justin Schriefer, 6.526, 89.12.
Pro Stock — 1. Tanner Gray, Chevy Camaro, 6.603, 208.68; 2. Greg Anderson, Camaro, 6.621, 208.75; 3. Bo Butner, Camaro, 6.621, 208.17; 4. Erica Enders, Camaro, 6.623, 206.99; 5. Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.624, 208.94; 6. Jeg Coughlin, Camaro, 6.627, 207.56; 7. Vincent Nobile, Camaro, 6.628, 208.04; 8. Jason Line, Camaro, 6.629, 208.91; 9. Alex Laughlin, Dodge Dart, 6.629, 207.62; 10. Deric Kramer, Camaro, 6.634, 208.30; 11. Drew Skillman, Camaro, 6.648, 208.23; 12. Matt Hartford, Camaro, 6.653, 207.72; 13. Fernando Cuadra, Camaro, 6.661, 202.00; 14. Kenny Delco, Camaro, 6.682, 207.37; 15. Steve Graham, Camaro, 6.706, 206.54; 16. John Gaydosh Jr, Camaro, 6.718, 205.91.
Not Qualified: 17. Alan Prusiensky, 6.725, 204.01; 18. Val Smeland, 6.763, 205.22; 19. Shane Tucker, 6.775, 203.34; 20. Charlie Westcott Jr., 6.832, 202.15.
Pro Stock Motorcycle — 1. Eddie Krawiec, Harley-Davidson, 6.825, 197.02; 2. Chip Ellis, Harley-Davidson, 6.831, 197.48; 3. Hector Arana Jr, 6.839, 198.32; 4. Matt Smith, Victory, 6.850, 196.47; 5. LE Tonglet, Suzuki, 6.858, 196.73; 6. Andrew Hines, Harley-Davidson, 6.866, 195.11; 7.Mark Paquette, Buell, 6.893, 194.13; 8. Hector Arana, 6.926, 195.62; 9. Steve Johnson, Suzuki, 6.932, 193.54; 10. Joey Gladstone, Victory, 6.937, 194.07; 11. Ryan Oehler, Buell, 6.940, 193.93; 12. Scotty Pollacheck, Suzuki, 6.940, 193.02; 13. Jerry Savoie, Suzuki, 6.941, 195.22; 14. Karen Stoffer, Suzuki, 6.941, 192.74; 15. Jim Underdahl, Suzuki, 6.949, 193.27; 16. Angie Smith, Buell, 6.952, 191.02.
Not Qualified: 17. Angelle Sampey, 6.977, 193.21; 18. Kelly Clontz, 6.992, 191.43; 19. Ron Tornow, 7.039, 189.92; 20. Odolph Daniels, 7.182, 186.48; 21. Andie Rawlings, 7.501, 171.18; 22. Wendell Daniels, 15.777, 58.07.
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