Doug Kalitta, Mobile 1 Top Fuel Dragster, Texas Results

ENNIS, TX – Qualifying: Doug Kalitta was the No. 2 qualifier at the Texas NHRA FallNationals. It was his 13th top-four qualifying effort of the season including each of the last seven races. Kalitta’s best qualifying attempt came during the Friday-evening session when he made a 3.642-second run at 334.70 mph. It was six thousandths of a second off the No. 1 qualifier’s time. In the first round of qualifying Friday afternoon, Kalitta set the Texas Motorplex Top Fuel speed record at 336.73 mph. The top-12 qualifiers all posted elapsed times in the 3.60s.

Eliminations: Kalitta defeated Josh Hart before losing to eventual race winner Leah Pruett in the second round.

Unofficial Point Standings: Kalitta leaves Dallas in second place in the NHRA Top Fuel point standings. He trails first-place Leah Pruett by four points and leads third-place Steve Torrence by nine points. The top-three drivers are separated by just 13 points with two races remaining in the season.

Kalitta on Dallas: “We went out in the second round because we smoked the tires – we were a little concerned about that right lane because, in the first round, everybody was getting down the left,” Kalitta said. “There were cars going down both lanes so it’s just one of those deals. It’s unfortunate, but we’ll just drag it to Vegas try to get it going there. We qualified second and made some really strong runs so the Mobil 1 car is performing really well for sure. I’m proud of the effort all my guys put in every week for Mobil 1, Mac Tools, Revchem, SealMaster, Toyota and Future Energy Solutions. Alan, Brian (co-crew chiefs Alan Johnson and Brian Husen) and my guys have us in a tight battle for the championship, and that will probably come down to Pomona so there’s a lot of racing to go.”