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CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 386 Kyle Wurtzel 25 Clay Millican E1 0.237 5.574 119.80 ****WINNER**** 0.087 4.405 244.16 Qualified: #14 3.901 291.82 #3 3.718 321.73Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 1,211 feet, track temperature 78 degrees. Clay Millican has qualified in the top four spots at 12 of the last 13 races. Kyle Wurtzel is making his fourth start this year. Millican is 3 - 0 against Wurtzel in prior events. Millican with the starting line advantage, but had severe tire shake right at the hit. He pedaled it and dropped cylinders. The engine started eating itself up and let go on the top end with a big fireball, but gets the win. Wurtzel started to lose traction and lifted... Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 58 Richie Crampton 777 Leah Pritchett E1 0.068 3.750 317.79 ****WINNER**** 0.080 3.707 324.67 Qualified: #10 3.774 318.99 #7 3.755 322.04Leah Pritchett is 110 - 102 in her Top Fuel career. Richie Crampton was runner-up here last year. Pritchett is 3 - 1 against Crampton in prior events. Crampton with the starting line
advantage and then lead until around half track when Pritchett drove around him. She runs here
quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Leah Pritchett's MOV: 0.0315 seconds (approximately 15
feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Scott Palmer 3 Doug Kalitta E1 0.046 3.788 326.00 ****WINNER**** 0.061 3.718 329.42 Qualified: #12 3.788 326.56 #5 3.727 327.59Doug Kalitta won this race last year and was runner-up the year before. Kalitta is 13 - 2 against Palmer in prior events. Palmer with the starting line advantage, but Kalitta has the difference made up by 100 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Doug Kalitta's MOV: 0.0551 seconds (approximately 26 feet). Kalitta with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Palmer matched his qualifying time in the losing effort. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 303 Pat Dakin 7211 Mike Salinas E1 0.083 20.722 23.17 ****WINNER**** 0.090 3.725 331.12 Qualified: #13 3.859 312.57 #4 3.720 329.02This is the first time Dakin and Salinas have faced each other in eliminations. Dakin with the starting line advantage and was up in smoke right at the hit and then banged the burst panel out. Salinas was straight down the groove and just off his qualifying time for the win. He will
give up lane choice to Kalitta in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1934 Audrey Worm 1 Brittany Force E1 0.186 5.162 157.23 ****WINNER**** 0.084 3.717 323.12 Qualified: #16 4.057 266.11 #1 3.700 330.72This is the 10th No. 1 qualifying spot for Brittany Force and her second this year. Both of those have come at this track. The No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel is 10 - 0 in round 1 at this event. Audrey Worm is making her seventh start in Top Fuel. This is the first time Worm and Force have faced each other in eliminations. Force with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She runs the second quickest pass of race day. Worm with tire shake right at the hit
and pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up and clicked it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 323 Chris Karamesines 2 Steve Torrence E1 0.356 4.121 225.37 ****WINNER**** 0.075 3.954 323.81 Qualified: #15 3.992 282.66 #2 3.704 331.53With his win in Dallas Steve Torrence became the 14th Top Fuel driver to win three races in a row. He has qualified in the top 2 spots at nine of the races this year. When starting second in his career Steve is 22 - 2 in the first round. Torrence is 4 - 0 against Karamesines in prior events. Torrence with the starting line advantage and then started to lose traction and pedaled it and got it to hook up and take the win. He will give up lane choice to Pritchett in the next round. Karamesines pushed out a head gasket around half track and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Antron Brown 8 Tony Schumacher
E1 0.049 3.736 328.14 ****WINNER**** 0.065 3.699 329.91
Qualified: #11 3.785 326.40 #6 3.732 329.42
Tony Schumacher won here in 2008 and 2014. Antron Brown has won this race three times in the
ten years of its existence. This is the 70th time these two have met but it's only the 6th time
they have met in round 1.Brown is 37 - 32 against Schumacher in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage, but Schumacher had the lead by 100 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Schumacher with low E.T. of the event for the win and lane choice over Millican in the next round. Brown with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 21 Terry McMillen 142 Dom Lagana E1 0.069 3.780 324.98 ****WINNER**** 0.068 3.716 329.42 Qualified: #9 3.769 325.30 #8 3.762 324.59This is the first time McMillen and Lagana have faced each other in eliminations. Lagana with a tick advantage on the tree and never trailed for the win. Lagana with his quickest pass this season for the win and lane choice over Force in the next round. He runs a career best speed in the win. McMillen with a good pass in the losing effort.
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