Sun, 04 Oct 2015, 13:29 PM
Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual
NHRA Keystone Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
91 Larry Dixon 4 Shawn Langdon
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.069 3.712 330.80 0.067 5.693 118.41
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Torrence ) 0.094 3.882 323.58 (L Pritchett ) 0.080 4.248 317.19
Qualified: #8 8.855 77.27 #13 14.639 58.79
Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.67
inches, adjusted altitude 799 feet, track temperature 66 degrees.Dixon is 10 - 7 against Langdon
in prior events. Langdon with his round one win moved up to seventh in the points. They leave
together with Langdon getting the slight edge, but he started to shake and pedaled it and couldn't
get it to hook up and clicked it off. Dixon launched hard and keep it hooked up all the way down
the track with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Antron Brown 142 Dom Lagana
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.067 3.734 323.27 0.048 3.785 321.04
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Millican ) 0.034 3.742 321.50 (D Kalitta ) 0.063 5.150 218.09
Qualified: #12 11.541 103.52 #9 8.880 79.25
Brown is 2 - 1 against Lagana in prior events. Lagana with the starting line advantage and the
lead until around 300 feet when Brown chased him down and took the win. Brown with his quickest
pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Dixon in the semifinal. Antron
Brown's MOV: 0.0327 seconds (approximately 15 feet). Antron Brown's incremental times: 60ft-0.842
sec., 330ft-2.122, 660ft-2.992/290.01 mph. Lagan with his career quickest and fastest pass in the
losing effort.
Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.838 sec., 330ft-2.144, 660ft-3.034/283.79 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
10 Brittany Force Bye
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.109 3.846 253.47
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Connolly ) 0.088 3.707 328.46
Qualified: #1 3.725 331.53 Bye
Force with the bye here and the car started drifting out of the groove and over toward the wall
and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Tony Schumacher 358 Richie Crampton
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.066 3.732 325.85 0.108 3.771 289.20
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Todd ) 0.048 3.741 320.51 (P Smax Smith) 0.133 4.454 268.12
Qualified: #4 7.776 77.15 #5 7.995 80.39
Schumacher and Crampton have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Crampton with
his round one win move up to fifth in the points. Schumacher with the starting line advantage and
never trailed for the win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0811 seconds (approximately 34 feet).
Schumacher with the his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Tony Schumacher's incremental
times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.129, 660ft-2.998/291.51 mph. He will will have lane choice over
Force in the semifinal. Crampton was on a good looking pass and then the engine went silent on the
top end and he coasted on through the lights. He made his quickest pass of the weekend in the
losing effort.The top four in points are the four semifinalist...
Timing data courtesy of
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