Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 16:14 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Tony Schumacher                        51 Clay Millican                
E1                   0.073  3.714 332.02     ****WINNER****  0.043  3.654 336.49
 Qualified:             #8  3.694 331.77                        #9  3.700 331.36

Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,469 feet.

Tony Schumacher is 24 - 13 in Rd. 1 when qualified #8.

Schumacher is 36 - 17 against Millican in prior events. Clay Millican's 36 losses against Schumacher are the most for him against any opponent.

Millican with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Millican with his quickest pass this season for the win.

Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.843 sec., 330ft-2.098, 660ft-2.939/299.40 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  716 Shawn Reed                            616 Jasmine Salinas              
E1                   0.081  3.679 330.96     ****WINNER****  0.066  3.691 330.07
 Qualified:             #6  3.678 331.69                       #11  3.723 332.43

Shawn Reed's 3.678 in qualifying was the 2nd best qualifying run of his career. Jasmine Salinas lost to Reed in Rd. 1 in Phoenix.

Reed is 1 - 0 against Salinas in prior events.

Salinas with the starting line advantage, and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Jasmine Salinas' MOV: 0.0031 seconds (approximately 18 inches). Salinas with her career quickest pass for the win. Right in the lights, the blower let go with a quick flash of flame.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Justin Ashley                           6 Antron Brown                 
E1                   0.045  3.704 330.31     ****WINNER****  0.043  3.696 331.53
 Qualified:             #5  3.670 332.59                       #12  3.725 318.09

11:06 a.m. There was a small plane crash it the pits on the top end.

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Justin Ashley "leaves first" 78.8% of the time in Rd. 1. In their 18 races Antron Brown has "left first" 3 times.

Brown is 10 - 8 against Ashley in prior events.

Brown with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Doug Kalitta                           39 Ida Zetterstrom              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.688 336.23                     0.082  8.458  73.26
 Qualified:             #3  3.650 334.98                       #14  3.738 323.89

Doug Kalitta is 2 -3 in Rd. 1 in the Countdown. Ida Zetterstrom lost to Kalitta in Rd. 1 in Las Vegas.

Kalitta is 1 - 0 against Zetterstrom in prior events.

Kalitta with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Zetterstrom was 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
    7 Brittany Force                        725 Krista Baldwin               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.065  3.697 335.65                     0.047  3.822 273.44
 Qualified:             #1  3.643 336.65                       #16  3.801 302.28

Brittany Force is 47 - 4 in Rd. 1 when qualified #1. Since 1990 the #16 TF qualifier is 4 - 32 in Rd. 1 at this event.

This is the first time Force and Baldwin have faced each other in eliminations.

Baldwin with the starting line advantage, but Force has the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. She will give up lane choice to Millican in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Torrence                        389 Gary Pritchett               
E1                   0.054  5.414 175.09     ****WINNER****  0.028  3.715 333.91
 Qualified:             #2  3.644 334.90                       #15  3.750 329.91

Steve Torrence wins 79.5% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Gary Pritchett is making his first start.

Pritchett with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  333 Shawn Langdon                          77 Josh Hart                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  3.690 332.92                     0.064  3.733 327.90
 Qualified:             #4  3.653 331.45                       #13  3.729 327.90

Shawn Langdon "leaves first" 68.8% of the time in Rd. 1. Josh Hart qualified #13 here last year and he was the only TF driver to win from the bottom half of the field.

Langdon is 7 - 4 against Hart in prior events.

Langdon with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Brown in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Tony Stewart                          474 Billy Torrence               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077  3.742 320.74                     0.052  3.949 260.16
 Qualified:             #7  3.694 333.91                       #10  3.712 330.96

Tony Stewart is 9 - 10 in Rd. 1 this year. Billy Torrence's average E/T against Stewart is 7.073.

Stewart is 2 - 0 against Torrence in prior events.

Torrence is out of the gate first, but started to lose traction and pedaled it.Stewart is straight down the groove for the win. He will give up lane choice to Pritchett in the next round.

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