Sun, 27 Sep 2026, 13:46 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Clay Millican                           8 Shawn Reed                   
E2                   0.045  4.522 179.64     ****WINNER****  0.053  3.851 323.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Stewart   ) 0.043  3.800 330.40      (A Brown     ) 0.036  3.783 327.03
 Qualified:            #15  4.377 189.39                        #7  3.747 329.91

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 2,187 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Clay Millican is 91 - 127 in Rd. 2 races. He has been to the semi-finals twice this year

Millican is 8 - 3 against Reed in prior events.

Millican with the starting line advantage, but started to spin the tires and drop cylinders early and clicked it off.

Reed is straight down the groove for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pruett                           200 Will Smith                   
E2                   0.060  3.772 327.75     ****WINNER****  0.013  3.772 333.33
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Schumacher) 0.039  3.775 324.91      (J Hart      ) 0.015  3.767 330.88
 Qualified:             #4  3.734 323.74                       #12  3.786 330.40

Leah Pruett has been to the semi-finals at 4 of the last 5 races. Will Smith is 0 - 3 in Rd. 2 races...

Pruett is 4 - 0 against Smith in prior events.

Smith with a great light and wins on a hole shot as they run identical E.T.s.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  100 Maddi Gordon                            1 Doug Kalitta                 
E2                   0.044  3.790 328.95     ****WINNER****  0.053  3.763 331.61
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Ashley    ) 0.037  3.755 337.08      (R Pustari   ) 0.033  3.743 334.57
 Qualified:             #9  3.764 335.32                        #1  3.682 338.09

Doug Kalitta is 246 - 195 in Rd. 2

Kalitta is 2 - 0 against Gordon in prior events.

Gordon with the starting line advantage, but Kalitta chased her down on the top end for the win. Doug Kalitta's MOV: 0.0180 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He will have lane choice over Smith in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  474 Billy Torrence                          2 Shawn Langdon                
E2                  -0.182  6.528 144.97     ****WINNER****  0.031  4.373 183.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Mercier   ) 0.012  3.743 332.59      (C Ferre     ) 0.030  3.718 336.83
 Qualified:             #6  3.745 333.83                        #3  3.732 334.08

The .012 R/T for Billy Torrence in Rd. 1 was the best of his career and in the 9 races between Langdon and Torrence Shawn "left first" 6 times

Langdon is 5 - 4 against Torrence in prior events.

Torrence goes red to give Langdon the win. Langdon with has a hole out early and shuts it off. Langdon will give up lane choice to Reed in the semifinal.





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