On average, we always burned about 14 gallons per pass. Most of that was fire-up, burnout, and staging. per run? I gasp to factor the cost of operation of course, but if you didn't factor in the outside stuff and just the car moving, lean side would be 4000 a run (restrictively). I like peoples interest in how it actually works. I just don't like everybody feeling that it's an easy task to perform. Even the crew stands there and hold their breath hoping against hope to continue on. I feel for Don Schumacher, Don Prudohme and J Force, Connie Kalitta etc....what an ulcer causing career it is.