Sun, 28 Sep 2008, 02:16 PM
Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual
O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Doug Herbert 7 J.R. Todd
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.096 3.954 299.73 0.096 3.956 300.00
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Millican ) 0.077 3.912 301.54 (D Grubnic ) 0.067 3.912 308.00
Qualified: #5 3.853 311.49 #13 3.968 303.43
Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.80
inches, adjusted altitude 2,499 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.Herbert is 4 - 2 against
Todd in prior events. They left together and they were glued together all the way down the 1000
feet. Doug Herbert's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(-0.015),
660ft(0.006), 1,000ft(0.000). MOV: 0.0022 seconds (approximately 12 inches). By my unofficial
point total with the win Herbert moves into seventh place.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
48 Hillary Will 796 Cory McClenathan
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.094 3.929 301.81 0.159 3.913 302.48
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Lucas ) 0.088 3.892 306.81 (B Vandergrif) 0.069 3.888 305.08
Qualified: #2 3.826 313.66 #10 3.873 310.13
Will is 5 - 1 against McClenathan in prior events. Will with a big starting line advantage and
the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Hillary Will's MOV: 0.0492 seconds (approximately 22
feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Tony Schumacher 22 Doug Kalitta
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.059 3.889 310.55 0.065 3.902 304.74
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Fuller ) 0.060 3.880 310.63 (T Zizzo ) 0.055 3.946 304.12
Qualified: #6 3.859 305.29 #3 3.838 311.20
Schumacher is 28 - 23 against Kalitta in prior events, but Kalitta holds a 8 - 7 advantage in
round two meetings. Schumacher with the starting line advantage and never looked back to move into
the semifinals. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0191 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He will have lane
choice over Will in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Brandon Bernstein 91 Larry Dixon
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.090 3.880 297.09 0.088 4.541 174.59
Prior rounds:
E1 (P Dakin ) 0.123 3.884 308.78 (A Brown ) 0.046 3.877 306.40
Qualified: #1 3.825 313.88 #8 3.865 308.50
Bernstein is 14 - 8 against Dixon in prior events, and a 7 - 5 advantage in round two meetings.
They leave together and then Dixon dropped and cylinder and began to smoke the tires to put an end
to his weekend. Bernstein with the quick E.T. of the round and he will have lane choice over
Herbert in the semifinal.
Timing data courtesy of
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