Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 18:35 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Larry Dixon                             2 Tony Schumacher              
E3                   0.063  3.828 313.22     ****WINNER****  0.042  3.823 322.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.056  3.828 320.36      (B Bernstein ) 0.062  3.826 322.65
E1    (K Murt      )       No Time            (C Millican  ) 0.096  3.801 325.53
 Qualified:             #2  3.791 321.12                        #3  3.801 322.19

3:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,685 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Schumacher is 40 - 36 against Dixon in prior events. To have any chance of winning the Championship, Dixon needs to win and run at least 3.772 for a back up to a new National Record. If not, he is out, even if he wins the event. That's a lot to ask. The first pair of DSR vs. Al-Anabi dragsters to the line.

Schumacher makes it a moot point, as he is away first and holds off a charging Dixon down the track. There is a flash from Dixon's engine near the lights.

Tony Schumacher's incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.014). MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.160, 660ft-3.064/280.49 mph.
Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.844 sec., 330ft-2.165, 660ft-3.071/281.71 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  421 Spencer Massey                         99 Del Worsham                  
E3                   0.046  3.808 322.73     ****WINNER****  0.050  3.800 322.27
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Lucas     ) 0.044  3.846 316.15      (D Grubnic   ) 0.059  3.850 316.60
E1    (C McClenatha) 0.065  3.824 324.75      (M Ashley    ) 0.069  3.865 316.08
 Qualified:             #4  3.804 325.06                        #1  3.773 320.05

Massey has to win to have any chance at the Championship. If Worsham wins he is the 2011 Champ. Worsham is 7 - 4 against Massey in prior events.

Massey gets a very small advantage of the line, but just gets nipped by Worsham by sixty feet. They run side by side to the finish line and Worsham stays out in front by two feet to win the round and the 2011 Top Fuel Championship.

Check out the incrementals!!

Del Worsham's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.004), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(0.005). MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.159, 660ft-3.057/282.42 mph.
Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.048/283.37 mph.

3:32 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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