Sun, 18 May 2003, 03:17 PM
Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations
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By Larry Sullivan
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ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 34th annual
K&N Filters SuperNationals presented by Pep Boys:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
337 Paul Romine 4 Doug Kalitta
E3 0.043 4.617 310.13 ****WINNER**** 0.064 4.481 328.62
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Baca ) 0.072 5.133 226.58 (D Russell ) 0.058 4.544 321.50
E1 (D Herbert ) 0.053 4.646 294.95 (R Pustari ) 0.081 4.526 330.63
Qualified: #12 4.729 301.87 #1 4.511 327.59
3:06 PM Same weather, and that suits Connie Kalitta just fine! What a run, the MAC Tools
dragster right down the groove for an easy win, even though Romine left first and ran a
career-best elapsed time. Kalitta improved his career-best mark by a thousandth and put the
Raceway Park track record into the forties. Doug Kalitta's incremental margins (negative if
behind): 60ft(-0.018), 330 ft(0.003), 660ft(0.043), 1,000ft(0.078). MOV: 0.1154 seconds
(approximately 52 feet). Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.131,
660ft-3.035/278.29mph, 1,000ft-3.806.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Larry Dixon 888 Jim Head
E3 ****WINNER**** 0.085 4.559 316.38 0.074 4.777 268.60
Prior rounds:
E2 (C Millican ) 0.021 4.537 327.74 (J Smith ) 0.091 4.544 320.05
E1 (C Mc Clenath) 0.036 11.726 78.95 (L Novelli ) 0.092 4.898 303.71
Qualified: #7 4.580 326.95 #3 4.545 324.12
Head left very hard, the front wheels going over the top of the 60-foot timing beam, then
charged down the lane while Head started hazing the tires and dropping cylinders. Larry Dixon's
MOV: 0.2071 seconds (approximately 82 feet), but he won't have lane choice in the final round
against Kalitta.
Timing data courtesy of
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