Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 21:03 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Morgan Lucas                            7 Tony Schumacher
E4   ****WINNER****  0.054  3.704 325.14                     0.034  3.742 324.98
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Brown     ) 0.059  3.707 325.45      (J Todd      ) 0.061  3.770 328.30
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.040  3.903 299.53      (R Crampton  ) 0.081  3.752 327.35
E1    (B Torrence  ) 0.047  3.745 326.40      (L Dixon     ) 0.057  3.749 327.11
 Qualified:             #3  3.738 323.35                        #9  3.761 321.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,411 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Schumacher is 31 - 10 against Lucas in prior events and Schumacher is 4 - 2 against Lucas in prior final rounds. Schumacher with the starting line advantage, but Lucas had the lead by 330 feet and then drove away for the win. Lucas with the second quickest pass in the history of NHRA. Morgan Lucas' MOV: 0.0189 seconds (approximately 9 feet). This is only the seventh event Lucas attended this season and he won two of them. This is his 11th Top Fuel win. Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.097, 660ft-2.968/288.39 mph. Schumacher with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort... Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-2.999/286.56 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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