Friday Qualifying #1:

Left Lane: Doug Foley - 11.865 / 83.77
Right Lane: Bruce Litton - 4.712 / 308.07

5:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 1,906 feet, track temperature 111 degrees. It will be interesting to see if the long, skinny cars do any better than the fuel floppers did in their just-completed session. Foley was up in smoke almost immediately. Litton made a safe, easy pass, right down the groove.

Qualified #7

Friday Qualifying #2:

Left Lane: Bruce Litton - 4.620 / 324.28
Right Lane: Rod Fuller - 5.228 / 192.17

This provisional qualifying stuff certainly creates some drama during the Friday qualifying sessions, especially when the first session was "a stinker," as it was today. Fuller's car drifted left and he shut it off just past half track, so he joins those who will have to earn a spot tomorrow. Litton made a pretty run and might make the provisional cut when this round is over. Now Antron Brown is on the bump spot at 4.644.

Qualified #11

Sunday Eliminations #1:

(W) Bruce Litton (Lucas Oil Dragster)
0.045 / 4.603 / 298.87

(L) David Grubnic (Technicoat Dragster) 0.087 / 5.051 / 227.34

Grubnic's first-ever final round came here in '98. Litton is making his 52nd start in NHRA Top Fuel competition.Grubnic and Litton have each won once against the other in prior events. Litton had a nice holeshot and it was never close, Grubnic losing traction around half track. So far, three pairs, three bottom-half winners.

Sunday Eliminations #2:

(W) Larry Dixon (U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Dragster) 0.054 / 4.955 / 227.11

(L) Bruce Litton (Lucas Oil Dragster)
0.061 / 6.269 / 138.74

Dixon is 9 - 0 against Litton in prior events. They left almost together, but Litton lost traction at about 300 feet and shut off. Then something went POP on Dixon's car, between half track and 1,000 feet, and he also coasted to the line.