Sun, 15 Aug 2010, 02:52 PM
Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th
annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Larry Dixon 333 Shawn Langdon
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.085 3.823 314.53 0.058 3.874 311.34
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Torrence ) 0.079 3.917 302.01 (S Chrisman ) 0.060 4.175 303.50
Qualified: #4 3.861 298.80 #5 3.881 305.70
Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 28.57
inches, adjusted altitude 2,840 feet. Dixon is 4 - 2 against Langdon in prior events. Langdon
with the starting line advantage, but Dixon chases him down around half track and then runs low
E.T. and second fastest pass of the weekend for the win. Larry Dixon's MOV: 0.0244 seconds
(approximately 11 feet). Langdon with his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing
effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Brandon Bernstein 44 David Grubnic
E2 0.084 3.906 305.08 ****WINNER**** 0.093 3.858 305.15
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Palmer ) 0.097 3.900 305.56 (T Haddock ) 0.103 4.198 290.44
Qualified: #2 3.846 309.27 #7 3.916 302.69
Bernstein is 14 - 8 against Grubnic in prior events. Bernstein with the starting line
advantage, but Grubnic has him chased down by 300 feet. Grubnic was mixing up cylinders right in
the lights, but still runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win by 0.0398 seconds
(approximately 18 feet). Bernstein with no apparent problems, but slowed from his time earlier
today.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Tony Schumacher 4 Cory McClenathan
E2 0.097 3.833 310.84 ****WINNER**** 0.071 3.831 312.86
Prior rounds:
E1 (T McMillen ) 0.098 3.846 309.70 (C Karamesine) 0.113 3.847 302.28
Qualified: #6 3.888 300.73 #3 3.848 307.51
Schumacher is 29 - 15 against McClenathan in prior events. McClenathan is out of the gate
first and quicker on the track to collect his 500th round win. Cory McClenathan's MOV: 0.0287
seconds (approximately 13 feet). McClenathan will have lane choice over Grubnic in
semifinal.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Antron Brown 22 Doug Kalitta
E2 0.071 6.256 110.98 ****WINNER**** 0.089 3.822 320.13
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Lucas ) 0.055 3.843 310.48 (L Novelli ) 0.091 4.016 259.06
Qualified: #8 3.923 302.62 #1 3.842 305.49
Brown is 9 - 4 against Kalitta in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage, but
then is up smoke around 330 feet and clicks it off. Kalitta launched hard and keep it hooked up to
run low E.T. of the event and fastest pass of the weekend for the win light. That was a great pass
for Kalitta...Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.161, 660ft-3.068/279.79
mph. Kalitta will have lane choice over Dixon in the semifinal by 0.001 seconds.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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