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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 256 Blake Alexander 7211 Mike Salinas E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.702 328.70 0.080 3.736 325.22 Qualified: #5 3.692 331.45 #12 3.762 294.50Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,275 feet, track temperature 93 degrees. Blake Alexander has competed in 10 races this year and has yet to lose in the first round and he has made it to the semi-finals in six of those races. Mike Salinas is making his 34th start in Top Fuel. Alexander is 3 - 0 against Salinas in prior events. Alexander with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Alexander is just a tick off his qualifying time for the win. Salinas 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
3 Doug Kalitta 4 Antron Brown
E1 0.054 3.727 325.85 ****WINNER**** 0.045 3.720 331.12
Qualified: #11 3.740 319.29 #6 3.704 329.50
Antron Brown won here in 2009 and 2010 and was runner-up in 2015. He also won in the Pro Stock
Motorcycle class in 1999. He is one of only three pro drivers to win this race in more than one pro
class (Bernstein & Worsham). Doug Kalitta won this race in 2016 and has been the runner-up twice.
This is the 54th meeting between these two and that is the sixth most head-to-head meetings between
any two Top Fuel drivers.Brown is 31 - 22 against Kalitta in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0168 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Kalitta 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 7777 Bill Litton 777 Leah Pritchett E1 ****WINNER**** 0.142 3.979 309.56 0.081 No Time Qualified: #16 3.985 270.43 #1 3.631 332.84Leah Pritchett's qualifying time (3.631) is tied for the second quickest in Top Fuel history. She is 10 - 0 in the first round when starting from the No. 1 spot. In the last 20 years the No. 1 Top Fuel qualifier at this race is 18 - 2 in round one. Bill Litton is making his 15th start in Top Fuel. Litton and Pritchett have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Pritchett with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and she pedaled it at least three times and the car was sideways. She got over a crossed the centerline. Litton
was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 21 Terry McMillen 25 Clay Millican E1 0.082 3.823 313.88 ****WINNER**** 0.088 3.748 327.35 Qualified: #13 3.792 324.05 #4 3.681 325.14Clay Millican has qualified in the top four spots at 19 of the 24 races this year. Millican is 11 - 6 against McMillen in prior events. McMillen with a slight starting line advantage, but dropped a cylinder early and never got it to pick back up. Millican was straight down the groove with a great pass for the win. He will give up lane choice to Alexander in the next
round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 614 Shawn Reed 1 Brittany Force E1 0.067 3.803 318.84 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.702 330.88 Qualified: #14 3.807 323.12 #3 3.667 333.58Brittany Force is the defending event champion. Shawn Reed is making his 24th NHRA start in Top Fuel. Force is 1 - 0 against Reed in prior events. Reed with a slight starting line
advantage, but Force has the difference made up by 100 feet and never trailed from there on for the
win. She will have lane choice over Brown in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Steve Torrence 748 Cameron Ferre
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 3.995 322.88 0.069 10.300 75.44
Qualified: #2 3.661 330.96 #15 3.929 287.41
Steve Torrence's 26 wins are the ninth most for any Top Fuel driver. Cameron Ferre is making
his second start in Top Fuel. He was runner-up at Indy in 2015 in the Alky dragster class and
runner-up here in TAD in 2014. He won here in Super Comp in 2012.Torrence with the starting line
advantage, but dropped a cylinder right at the hit, he pedaled it and got it to clean up, but then
right in the lights he banged the blower. He gets the win when Ferre is up in smoke right at the
hit and clicked it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 474 Billy Torrence 58 Richie Crampton E1 ****WINNER**** 0.057 3.706 327.27 0.069 3.743 325.22 Qualified: #7 3.711 328.86 #10 3.726 325.22Crampton is 2 - 1 against Torrence in prior events. Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Billy Torrence's MOV: 0.0496 seconds (approximately 24 feet). Billy will have lane choice over his son the Champ Steve in the next round. Crampton 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 10 Scott Palmer 8 Tony Schumacher E1 0.066 3.736 327.27 ****WINNER**** 0.059 3.694 332.34 Qualified: #9 3.726 326.95 #8 3.722 329.75Tony Schumacher has been to the final round at this race eight times and has won it four times. Scott Palmer is making his 110th start. His 14 losses against Tony are tied for the most losses for him against any opponent (he also lost 14 to Doug Kalitta). This is a rematch of the first round race at Las Vegas, only at that event Scott was No. 8 and Tony was No. 9. Schumacher is 14 - 2 against Palmer in prior events. Schumacher with the slight starting line advantage and never
trailed for the win. He runs low E.T. of the race day for the win. Schumacher with his quickest
pass of the weekend for the win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0491 seconds (approximately 24 feet).
He will have lane choice over Litton in the next round.
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