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O’Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals
Dallas, Texas
(September 18-21)

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Melanie Troxel In-n-Out Burger Dodge R/T

Dallas, Saturday:  Melanie Troxel and the R2B2 Racing Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car team continued their impressive performance Saturday at the Texas Motorplex as qualifying concluded for Sunday's Fall Nationals.

Troxel, who earned the No. 4 starting slot with a 4.096-second run at 304.67 mph -- the category's fastest speed -- Friday night, came back with a 4.166-second effort in the hottest part of Saturday afternoon that was second-quickest of the session.  She races Gary Densham (No. 13, 4.175 at 292.14) in the first round.

"We've had a car that has been running pretty good now for the last three races," Troxel said, ":but on Sunday we've been bitten by the car being a little too aggressive.  That's the thing we've been working on this weekend -- getting that variable out of there so we can have a consistent race car on Sunday.

"We went down the track on all but our first pass Saturday, but that's what we have been talking about -- when the car gets unexpectedly aggressive.  That was a great opportunity to learn something, to go back out and make the same run and work out that little kink.  I think we are pretty happy with the results.

"We've had a pretty good race car for a couple of weeks now but certainly the more consistent you get, the more often you run well, definitely builds the confidence of everybody on the team," Troxel added.

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