McClenathan claims No. 4 in Vegas qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2010 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 6 of 23
11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals
The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
April 16-18, 2010

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MCCLENATHAN CLAIMS NO. 4 IN VEGAS QUALIFYING

LAS VEGAS (April 17, 2010) - NHRA Top Fuel points leader Cory McClenathan
placed the FRAM Top Fuel dragster in the No. 4 position after four rounds of
qualifying for the 11th annual NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway.

He recorded his quickest pass of 3.912 seconds at 308.07 mph in Friday's
second round. His first round on Friday produced a 4.004/300.60 (No. 2) and
today's two attempts also under hot conditions resulted in a 4.022/295.34
(No. 4) and a 3.950/305.63, the second quickest of that round. He earned
four bonus points for his efforts.

"Once again, we've come into a weekend and tried to qualify well, which
we've done; pick up a few points here and there during qualifying, which
we've done," said McClenathan, the two-time Vegas champion, "and, you know
what, we have a very humble team. And I love that about these guys.

"We take one weekend at a time, one round of qualifying at a time, try to
get into a good spot and come out swinging on Sunday. And that's what we're
going to do tomorrow."

McClenathan faces Terry Haddock in the opening round of Sunday's
eliminations.

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