Sun, 30 Apr 2006, 03:41 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Rod Fuller                              4 David Grubnic                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.076  4.533 327.66                     0.106  4.640 320.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Troxel    ) 0.092  7.507  98.39      (C Millican  ) 0.103  4.599 323.66
E1    (C McClenatha) 0.098  4.502 326.32      (B Vandergrif) 0.105  4.566 327.27
 Qualified:             #9  4.629 312.50                        #4  4.588 323.58

3:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 28.88 inches,adjusted altitude 2,202 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Fuller is 2-2 facing Grubnic and is now 22-22 in this class. Grubnic was never in this one, last off the line, then Fuller making another clean pass, right down the groove.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                         3 Doug Kalitta                 
E3                   0.087  5.579 173.94     ****WINNER****  0.062  4.536 330.72
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Lucas     ) 0.104  4.638 316.45      (B Bernstein ) 0.078  4.546 329.75
E1    (D Baca      ) 0.097  4.496 326.40      (S Weis      ) 0.082  4.550 327.51
 Qualified:             #7  4.609 326.79                        #6  4.599 326.40

Kalitta is 20-17 in career match-ups against Schumacher. His last final and last win was in Brainerd '05. Schumacher gets about 500 feet out, strikes the tires, then gives up on the run. Kalitta goes right down the groove with his quickest run of the weekend. This sets up a re-match of the final round last year, Kalitta winning that one. Fuller will have lane choice in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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