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Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 14:37 PM

Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pritchett                       5050 Scott Palmer                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.077  3.715 330.63                     0.063  3.906 257.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Passey    ) 0.085  3.709 325.30      (T McMillen  ) 0.076  3.787 327.90
 Qualified:             #1  3.640 330.63                        #8  3.768 328.22

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 3,175 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.
Palmer with the starting line advantage, but she has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. She never trails form there on for the win.

Palmer started mixing up cylinders and apparently used up an engines as the word from the top end is there is oil in Palmer's lane. Scott Palmer was charged with an oildown, #2 for the season. That will cost 10 points and $2K.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   25 Clay Millican                           8 Tony Schumacher              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.070  3.658 330.47                     0.058  3.718 327.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Karamesine) 0.104  3.655 330.23      (T Coughlin J) 0.071  3.711 324.67
 Qualified:             #5  3.706 324.12                        #4  3.695 329.42

Schumacher is 30 - 8 against Millican in prior events.
Schumacher with the starting line advantage, but he has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trails from there on for the win. Millican with another great pass, this pass ties the third quickest pass in the history of Top Fuel. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.824 sec., 330ft-2.070, 660ft-2.930/293.28 mph.

Millican will have lane choice over Pritchett in the semifinal.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                            6 Brittany Force               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  3.681 332.43                     0.060  3.675 332.75
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.054  3.695 331.77      (S Chrisman  ) -0.077  3.728 327.03
 Qualified:             #7  3.723 321.73                        #2  3.685 333.16

Brown is 10 - 4 against Force in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0049 seconds (approximately 2 feet). Antron Brown's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.011), 330 ft(-0.003), 660ft(0.003). MOV: 0.0049 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Doug Kalitta                            3 Steve Torrence               
E2                   0.055  3.709 332.10     ****WINNER****  0.029  3.723 328.30
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.082  3.697 328.54      (L Novelli   ) 0.060  3.726 328.62
 Qualified:             #3  3.694 330.31                        #6  3.709 330.15

Kalitta is 12 - 11 against Torrence in prior events.
Torrence with a great light and never trailed for the hole shot win. Steve Torrence's MOV: 0.0126 seconds (approximately 6 feet).

He will give up lane choice to Brown in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink