Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 01:28 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                     333 Shawn Langdon                
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.075  5.313 111.65
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Vandergrif) 0.086  3.835 314.53      (A Brown     ) 0.049  3.853 309.20
 Qualified:             #4  3.802 317.87                       #12  3.914 292.96

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 2,997 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Bernstein is 3 - 0 against Langdon in prior events and 1 - 0 in round two.

Bernstein's has a big problems after his burnout, as the front wheels flop and the car makes a hard move backwards. He tries again, to no avail and clicks it.

Langdon is a sitting duck, as the tires spin and the blower bangs right after the 330 lights. There is a bunch of "Stuff" on the track all the way to the past the 1320, where the car stopped on the track. This might take a while.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Larry Dixon                           475 Steve Torrence               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.111  3.830 319.37                     0.067  4.177 288.52
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Litton    ) 0.078  3.815 321.12      (R Fuller    ) 0.051  3.855 316.30
 Qualified:             #1  3.776 324.36                        #8  3.830 306.05

1:14 p.m. ... and we are back.

Dixon is 5 - 0 against Torrence in prior events and 1 - 0 in round two.

Torrance gets a great advantage off the line and stays out in front until right at the 330 lights, where the slicks start to boil and he has to click it off.

Dixon will have lane choice over Langdon in round three.

Larry Dixon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.047), 330 ft(0.007), 660ft(0.202). MOV: 0.3031 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.173, 660ft-3.075/281.07 mph.
Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.224, 660ft-3.321/238.64 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                        34 Morgan Lucas                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065  3.881 318.77                     0.071  5.904 112.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.078  3.815 322.88      (D Grubnic   ) 0.018  3.885 312.35
 Qualified:             #3  3.790 324.83                       #11  3.888 311.92

Schumacher is 23 - 5 against Lucas in prior events and 11 - 2 in round two.

Schumacher is on his best and gets away first and stays there from start to finish with another strong three eighty pass. Lucas' chances go away before the 330 lights, as the Goodyears start to smoke.

Tony Schumacher's incremental margins: 60ft(0.025), 330 ft(0.213), 660ft(0.874). MOV: 2.0296 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.117/273.83 mph.
Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.868 sec., 330ft-2.393, 660ft-3.985/133.84 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Cory McClenathan                      317 T.J. Zizzo                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.073  3.821 321.27                     0.072  3.909 309.13
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.084  3.811 324.05      (D Kalitta   ) 0.034  3.854 314.24
 Qualified:             #2  3.784 323.66                       #10  3.851 311.56

McClenathan is 3 - 0 against Zizzo in prior events and they have never met in round two.

They leave together with RT's within 0.001 and Zizzo gets the Army car a good race early on. The Fram car marches on down the track with the best ET of the round for a big win. He'll have lane choice later over Schumacher.

Cory McClenathan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.019), 330 ft(0.033), 660ft(0.058). MOV: 0.0874 seconds (approximately 40 feet). Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.841 sec., 330ft-2.161, 660ft-3.068/280.02 mph.
T.J. Zizzo's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.195, 660ft-3.127/271.68 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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