Sun, 29 Oct 2017, 17:35 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Langdon                          21 Terry McMillen               
E3                   0.061  3.893 276.69     ****WINNER****  0.051  3.798 297.02
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.047  3.795 318.77      (C Millican  ) 0.063  3.786 319.67
E1    (A Brown     ) 0.039  3.739 319.07      (R Crampton  ) 0.073  3.784 319.45
 Qualified:             #7  3.742 319.98                        #6  3.736 326.40

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.72 inches, adjusted altitude 4,645 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Langdon is 17 - 4 against McMillen in prior events.

McMillen with the starting line advantage and then the engine went silent right in the lights. McMillen never trailed for the win.

Langdon was dropping cylinders right the hit and he never got it to clean up.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Brittany Force                        777 Leah Pritchett               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.077  3.714 329.34                     0.092  3.754 323.81
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kalitta   ) 0.084  4.343 231.83      (T Schumacher) 0.085  3.754 322.73
E1    (S Reed      ) 0.090  3.696 322.04      (T Zizzo     ) 0.079  3.705 326.16
 Qualified:             #4  3.722 317.49                        #8  3.742 313.95

Pritchett is 8 - 2 against Force in prior events.

Force with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Force will have lane choice over McMillen in the final. Force with the win is now within 20 points of Torrence.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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