Sun, 14 Nov 2004, 08:27 PM
Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations
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By David Gerard
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POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 40th
annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Tony Schumacher 743 Morgan Lucas
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.081 4.550 313.07 0.087 4.807 228.50
Prior rounds:
E3 (D Baca ) 0.136 4.477 329.34 (S Kalitta ) 0.088 4.615 312.64
E2 (D Grubnic ) 0.095 4.488 321.88 (D Kalitta ) 0.095 4.526 326.08
E1 (J Smith ) 0.102 4.494 325.45 (L Dixon ) 0.073 4.519 325.77
Qualified: #2 4.485 327.11 #9 4.546 317.49
5:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent,
barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,914 feet, track temperature 75 degrees.Tony
Schumacher can establish a new seasons record for Top Fuel wins in about 4.4 plus seconds. He
has already wrapped up the 2004 Top Fuel National Championship at the recently completed Reading
race. The retro look US Army dragster, tuned by Alan Johnson, has dominated eliminations with a
clear performance advantage.
This will be Morgan Lucas' second consecutive final round Top
Fuel appearance in only his eighth professional start. His career best time and speed came in
the first round of competition today against Larry Dixon when he ran an elapsed time of 4.519
seconds, 325.77 MPH. Lucas has advanced to the semi-finals four times out of seven events in Joe
Amato's Lucas Oil dragster, tuned by Wayne Dupuy.
The two dragsters leave the line together
and Schumacher leads Lucas down the track until mid-track. Lucas is ahead by .002 at the 660
foot lights until the engine kicks off the blower belt. Schumacher gets a little scare, as his
engine expires around the 1000 foot lights and goes through the lights on fire.
Tony
Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.156, 660ft-3.080/273.11mph,
1,000ft-3.860
Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.158,
660ft-3.072/274.27mph, 1,000ft-3.905
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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