Sat, 09 Mar 2024, 15:27 PM Top Fuel All-Star Callout Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pep Boys Top Fuel All-Star Callout at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  333 Shawn Langdon                           6 Antron Brown                 
E1                   0.053  4.304 209.17     ****WINNER****  0.062  3.910 280.49
 Qualified:            #99 100                                 #99 100          

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,457 feet.

Langdon with the slight starting line advantage, but then started to spin the big Goodyears, he did a quick pedal job. Brown was black tracking all the way down the track, but gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Justin Ashley                        7211 Mike Salinas                 
E1                   0.062  4.427 237.09     ****WINNER****  0.077  4.192 291.51
 Qualified:            #99 100                                 #99 100          

Ashley with the starting line advantage, but started to lose traction and pedaled it. Salinas started to lose traction early, but stayed with and gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Brittany Force                          1 Doug Kalitta                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.090  3.795 331.28                     0.049  5.816 118.53
 Qualified:            #99 100                                 #99 100          

Kalitta with the stating line advantage, but was lost traction early and clicked it off.

force launched hard and kept it hooked up all the way down the track for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   77 Josh Hart                               2 Steve Torrence               
E1                   0.030  9.417  61.09     ****WINNER****  0.116  3.708 336.32
 Qualified:            #99 100                                 #99 100          

Hart was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the win. He makes the quickest pass of the session and will get his pick again.

Force will have the second pick.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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