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Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 17:27 PM

Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Steve Torrence                        356 Tony Schumacher              
E4                   0.034  3.687 330.07     ****WINNER****  0.050  3.669 330.63
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Brown     ) 0.067  3.673 324.83      (B Torrence  ) 0.052  3.701 319.07
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.043  3.686 328.46      (D Foley     ) 0.071  3.735 327.43
E1                   0.087  3.674 329.34      (C Ferre     ) 0.220  3.712 319.37
 Qualified:             #1  3.672 327.98                        #2  3.685 330.07

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 2,029 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.
Schumacher and Torrence have each won 18 times against the other in prior events and Torrence is 6 - 1 against Schumacher in prior final rounds.
Torrence with the starting line advantage, but Schumacher had the difference made up by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win in a close one. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 16 inches). This is a great drag race...

Schumacher wins his first Wally this season and his 85th in his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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