AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals
Texas Motorplex
Oct 16-18, 2020

Top Fuel Harley

Randal Andras had clinched the Mickey Thompson Tires Top Fuel Championship before the AAA Texas Fall Nationals even began at the Texas Motorplex. The Jay Turner Racing rider couldn’t help himself and took another win, making it his sixth win of the season. Andras qualified number one with a 6.201 at 225 mph. In the final, he faced teammate Jay Turner. Turner took the starting advantage but Andras easily chased him down to outrun him with a 6.437 to Turner’s 6.606.

Round 1 Eliminations

Driver	Ryan Peery	Jay Turner – WIN
Car No.	300	63
RT	.079	.053
60 FT	1.084	1.128
330 FT	2.802	2.844
660 FT	4.149	4.167
660 FT MPH	178.85	182.70
1000 FT	5.353	5.313
ET	6.466	6.299
MPH	206.29	230.84
Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 3,250 feet, track temperature 90 degrees. Turner with the starting line advantage and the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Driver	Rickey House – WIN	Tii Tharpe
Car No.	3	1
RT	.074	.103
60 FT	1.134	1.147
330 FT	2.885	3.024
660 FT	4.277	4.424
660 FT MPH	177.93	175.09
1000 FT	5.477	5.614
ET	6.511	6.691
MPH	215.68	203.19
House with the starting line advantage and the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend.

Driver	William Jackson	Chris Smith – WIN
Car No.	711	201
RT	.149	.067
60 FT	1.170	1.099
330 FT	2.954	2.821
660 FT	4.355	4.147
660 FT MPH	180.86	211.20
1000 FT	5.607	5.292
ET	6.923	6.273
MPH	160.19	230.84
Smith with the starting line advantage and is straight down the groove for the win. He will have lane choice over Turner in the semifinal.

Driver	Randal Andras – WIN	—
Car No.	204	—
Class	TFH	—
Dial In	—	—
RT	.089	—
60 FT	1.106	—
330 FT	3.174	—
660 FT	5.655	—
660 FT MPH	89.33	—
1000 FT	8.300	—
ET	10.852	—
MPH	84.58	—
Andras with problems getting the bike to fire, he does and then has problems right off the starting line and clicks it off. He will give up lane choice to House in the semifinal.

SEMI-FINAL

Driver	Randal Andras – WIN	Rickey House
Car No.	204	3
RT	.048	.071
60 FT	1.118	1.154
330 FT	2.905	2.910
660 FT	4.253	4.263
660 FT MPH	184.83	181.30
1000 FT	5.411	5.461
ET	6.409	6.578
MPH	227.46	190.32
Andras with the starting line advantage never trailed for the win.

Driver	Jay Turner – WIN	Chris Smith
Car No.	63	201
RT	.073	.091
60 FT	1.121	1.087
330 FT	2.811	2.785
660 FT	4.117	4.111
660 FT MPH	189.50	182.82
1000 FT	5.315	5.459
ET	6.411	6.876
MPH	202.30	149.31
Turner with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Andras in the final.

FINAL

Driver	Randal Andras – WIN	Jay Turner
Car No.	204	63
RT	.067	.039
60 FT	1.154	1.120
330 FT	2.941	2.874
660 FT	4.283	4.324
660 FT MPH	185.15	175.96
1000 FT	5.439	5.569
ET	6.437	6.606
MPH	227.88	220.87
Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 3,668 feet, track temperature 109 degrees. Turner with the starting line advantage, but Andras chased him down for the win. Andras wins his sixth National event Wally this year and seventh career.

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Qualifying

Qualifying Round 2

DRIVER	POSITION	CAR NO.	ET	MPH
01	Randal Andras	204	6.201	225.86
02	Chris Smith	201	6.259	225.75
03	Jay Turner	63	6.313	219.76
04	Tii Tharpe	1	6.315	202.52
05	Rickey House	3	6.525	213.87
06	Ryan Peery	300	6.555	210.73
07	William Jackson	711	6.688	206.39

Qualifying Round 1

DRIVER	POSITION	CAR NO.	ET	MPH
01	Randal Andras	204	6.201	225.86
02	Jay Turner	63	6.313	219.76
03	Chris Smith	201	6.354	222.22
04	Tii Tharpe	1	6.378	220.76
05	Rickey House	3	6.525	213.87
06	Ryan Peery	300	7.285	145.39
07	William Jackson	711	29.958	25.62

          

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