Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 05:56 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Cory McClenathan                       34 Morgan Lucas                 
E3                   0.065  3.880 314.97     ****WINNER****  0.068  3.875 309.70
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Lagana Jr ) 0.138  3.864 317.12      (B Vandergrif) 0.085  3.875 309.42
E1    (L Dixon     ) 0.090  3.865 313.44      (J Hartley   ) 0.111  3.860 310.27
 Qualified:            #10  3.901 307.86                        #3  3.844 308.21

5:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 2,421 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Cory Mac holds an 8-4 record against Lucas, 2-0 in semifinals.

Lucas got one back here, the two away together and Lucas just a few ticks quicker to get the win light in a very close drag race. Morgan Lucas' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.001), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0029 seconds (approximately 16 inches). Lucas goes to the finals, looking for his first win in six visits.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  421 Spencer Massey                          1 Tony Schumacher              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.056  3.865 312.13                     0.088  3.847 313.15
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.061  3.851 312.71      (A Brown     ) 0.073  4.029 254.23
E1    (T Buff      ) 0.069  3.891 307.51      (T McMillen  ) 0.154  4.058 251.91
 Qualified:             #1  3.820 311.20                        #4  3.851 306.19

Massey is Schumacher's 72nd different opponent.

Another good race, but Massey led this one wire to wire and goes to his first-ever final round to win on a holeshot, Schumacher making the second-quickest run of the day.

This will be the first time two non-winners have met in the Top Fuel final since the 2006 Winternationals, when Melanie Troxel defeated David Baca. Spencer Massey's incremental margins: 60ft(0.033), 330 ft(0.022), 660ft(0.020). MOV: 0.0145 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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