Sun, 15 Oct 2017, 14:28 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  121 Terry Haddock                           5 Shawn Langdon                
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.060  5.862 105.23
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Schumacher) 0.150  4.043 285.95      (C Millican  ) 0.067  3.993 219.54
 Qualified:            #15  3.841 309.42                        #7  3.748 320.13

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.66 inches, adjusted altitude 1,914 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Haddock is no show....

Langdon is up in smoke right off the starting line and clicked it off on the single.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                          777 Leah Pritchett               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054  3.687 323.74                     0.076  3.709 326.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Reed      ) 0.062  3.721 325.69      (S Palmer    ) 0.067  3.724 324.05
 Qualified:             #3  3.696 329.91                        #6  3.748 323.12

Brown is 10 - 7 against Pritchett in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Brown with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will have lane choice over Langdon in the next round. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0443 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

Pritchett with her quickest pass of the weekend in the loss.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Brittany Force                          2 Doug Kalitta                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.095  3.719 326.56                     0.100  3.739 323.43
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.085  3.708 327.27      (K Kinsley   ) 0.070  3.867 262.28
 Qualified:             #5  3.747 282.95                        #4  3.704 330.07

Force is 10 - 9 against Kalitta in prior events.

Force with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Brittany Force's MOV: 0.0251 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

This was a good drag race between the No. 2 Kalitta and No. 3 Force in points chase. She is now 21 points behind Kalitta.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Steve Torrence                        358 Richie Crampton              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  3.724 302.62                     0.065  3.711 325.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.083  3.683 327.59      (B Torrence  ) 0.069  3.683 326.79
 Qualified:             #1  3.682 327.51                        #8  3.749 294.88

Torrence and Crampton have each won 7 times against the other in prior events.

Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the hole shot win. Steve Torrence's MOV: 0.0056 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

As Torrence crossed the finish line something caused the left rear slick to go down, it slammed into the left wall hard and the front end of the car separated from the chassis. The rear end of the car slid across the track and hit the right wall. Torrence is out of the car and is ok...

Torrence can pull out a backup car and run it in the semifinals if they can get it ready, he will give up lane choice to Force in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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