Sun, 28 Oct 2018, 19:41 PM
Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th
annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
777 Leah Pritchett 2 Steve Torrence
E4 0.019 5.317 148.85 ****WINNER**** 0.047 3.751 326.32
Prior rounds:
E3 (T Schumacher) 0.071 3.730 328.46 (R Crampton ) 0.052 3.724 330.15
E2 (B Alexander ) 0.088 3.740 322.42 (B Torrence ) 0.068 3.764 329.34
E1 (T Buff ) 0.089 3.735 327.43 (S Reed ) 0.103 3.778 326.79
Qualified: #4 3.731 322.65 #2 3.702 333.33
Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 27.84
inches, adjusted altitude 4,437 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.Torrence is 10 - 5 against
Pritchett in prior events and Pritchett is 1 - 0 against Torrence in prior final rounds.
Pritchett double stepped it and then was up in smoke right off the starting line. Torrence
launched hard and kept it hooked up hooked up to get the win. He wins his 10th Wally of the season
and his fifth consecutive win in the Countdown to the Championship. This is his 26th Top Fuel
win.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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