Sat, 27 Oct 2007, 07:56 PM Top Fuel Shootout Round 2 Eliminations (Revised)

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - (Revised) Results of round 2 eliminations in Technicoat Top Fuel Shootout at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23nd annual NHRA Technicoat Top Fuel Shootout:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 J.R. Todd                               5 Rod Fuller                   
E2                   0.051  4.574 326.95     ****WINNER****  0.067  4.529 326.32
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Dixon     ) 0.058  4.563 322.11      (D Grubnic   ) 0.056  4.576 324.20
 Qualified:             #6  0.006   NS                          #2  0.002   NS  

This was a great drag race with Todd having lead up to just before half track and then it was Fuller pulling away. Fuller with his best pass of the weekend and a chance to race for $100,000.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Melanie Troxel                          1 Tony Schumacher              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.069  4.534 330.31                     0.057 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Bernstein ) 0.056  4.529 330.55      (C McClenatha) 0.062  4.590 320.81
 Qualified:             #4  0.004   NS                          #1  0.001   NS  

Schumacher is out of the gate first and never looks back and has the quickest pass of the Technicoat Top Fuel Shootout. He will have lane choice over Fuller in the final. Tony Schumacher's incremental margins: 60ft(0.016), 330 ft(0.030), 660ft(0.036), 1,000ft(0.037). MOV: 0.0407 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

The word has just came from Race Control that Tony Schumacher didn't stop at the scales and was DQ'ed, so Melanie Troxel will be in the final against Fuller.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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