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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 358 Richie Crampton 142 Dom Lagana E1 0.048 9.662 85.00 ****WINNER**** 0.048 3.727 325.69 Qualified: #9 3.714 326.87 #8 3.713 326.24Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.70 inches, adjusted altitude 1,589 feet, track temperature 95 degrees. This is the 45th race for Dom Lagana and the seventh time he has started from the top half of the field. Richie Crampton starts the day with an overall record of 73-67. When starting from the number nine spot in the field Richie is 2-6 in the opening round. Crampton is 2 - 1 against Lagana in prior events. They have identical reaction times and Crampton is up in smoke as soon as the light turns green and clicks it off. Lagana launched hard and was straight down the groove for his career second
quickest pass and the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 386 Kyle Wurtzel 25 Clay Millican E1 0.082 5.096 136.69 ****WINNER**** 0.117 3.664 328.06 Qualified: #16 3.867 303.91 #1 3.631 330.39Coming into 2017 Clay Millican had qualified No. 1 five times in 243 races. He has now qualified No. 1 five times in 2017. Kyle Wurtzel is making his 10th start. Millican is 2 - 0 against Wurtzel in prior events. Wurtzel is out of the gate first, but starts dropping cylinders right at the hit and never got it to clean up. Millican with a great pass, straight down the
groove for the win. Millican's pass is ninth quickest and he now has five out the top ten quickest
passes. He will have lane choice over Lagana in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 706 Ashley Sanford 777 Leah Pritchett E1 0.099 3.919 277.37 ****WINNER**** 0.070 3.672 332.75 Qualified: #15 3.842 299.86 #2 3.670 329.10This is the second race and the second start for Ashley Sanford in Top Fuel. She had competed at 28 races in the alcohol dragster class including three this year. This is the 91st race for Leah Pritchett in Top Fuel. This is the 10th time this year that Leah has started from one of the top two spots in the field. Pritchett with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She has big top end speed, setting the track speed record and this ties for the sixth fastest pass in history. Stanford was on a good pass, until around half track when the car got a little
loose. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 497 Troy Buff 8 Tony Schumacher E1 0.079 11.054 42.55 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.693 324.75 Qualified: #14 3.839 314.02 #3 3.680 327.66Tony Schumacher was runner-up here last year. Tony is 11-0 against Troy Buff. In the history of Top Fuel there are only four drivers who have raced another driver ten or more times and never lost to them. Schumacher with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Buff is
up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Schumacher with a great pass for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 5050 Scott Palmer 2 Doug Kalitta E1 0.111 3.827 306.74 ****WINNER**** 0.069 3.845 275.34 Qualified: #13 3.785 320.97 #4 3.681 331.85Kalitta comes into this round trailing Torrence by 22 points. Kalitta is 9 - 1 against Palmer in prior events. Kalitta with the starting line advantage and then dropped a cylinder or two before half track and then right in the lights the engine let gor with a huge engine explosion with a big fireball. It blew the intake and blower off the top of the engine. He still holds on for the holeshot win...Doug Kalitta's MOV: 0.0240 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Palmer was on a
good pass until around 1/8 mile mark when the chute came out for no apparent reason. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 303 Pat Dakin 6 Brittany Force E1 0.049 3.870 270.16 ****WINNER**** 0.085 3.644 332.26 Qualified: #12 3.768 321.96 #5 3.690 329.34After a 15 minute delay to clean up after the Kalitta explosion...Force has lane choice and she goes down the lane the Safety Safari just cleaned up. Force is trailing Torrence by 23 points. Force is 5 - 2 against Dakin in prior events. Dakin with the starting line advantage, but Force had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. She has a great pass, running the third quickest pass in the history of the sport and her career best. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.818 sec., 330ft-2.071, 660ft-2.922/295.98 mph. Force will have lane choice over Kalitta in the next round. Dakin was on a really good pass
until the car nosed over on the top end. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 21 Terry McMillen 1 Antron Brown E1 0.070 4.332 186.56 ****WINNER**** 0.067 3.721 328.94 Qualified: #11 3.749 321.27 #6 3.693 330.55Since this race returned to the schedule in 2012 Antron Brown had won it four times. Terry McMillen has lost three times to Antron this year and two of those losses have been by holeshot. Brown is 18 - 3 against McMillen in prior events. Brown with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Brown will give up lane choice to his teammate Schumacher in the next round. McMillen was on a good pass until just past half track when it started to haze
the tires.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Shawn Langdon 3 Steve Torrence
E1 0.051 3.960 272.06 ****WINNER**** 0.037 3.675 329.58
Qualified: #10 3.726 322.04 #7 3.696 329.58
Shawn Langdon is the defending event champion and he was runner-up in 2015.Langdon is 12 - 11 against Torrence in prior events. Torrence with a great light and never trailed for the win. Torrence with great pass for the win, but will give up lane choice to Pritchett by 0.003 seconds in the next round. Langdon started to drop cylinders and haze the tires...then right in the lights
the engine let go and there is some oil in the track.
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