Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 12:30 PM

Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual
O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
530 Alan Bradshaw 73 Whit Bazemore
E1 0.071 4.693 302.01 ****WINNER**** 0.092 4.557 327.19
Qualified: #7 4.577 323.81 #10 4.586 326.56
Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.42
inches, adjusted altitude 2,249 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.This is Bradshaw's best
starting position in his 17 professional starts. this is the 84th different driver Bazemore has
faced in his career. Bradshaw with the starting line advantage and had the lead until about 400
feet, that was when it dropped a cylinder or two. Bazemore with a nice clean pass, his quickest of
the weekend to move into round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
743 Morgan Lucas 3 Brandon Bernstein
E1 -0.013 4.603 323.27 ****WINNER**** 0.113 4.534 323.89
Qualified: #8 4.581 325.06 #9 4.585 319.37
Bernstein holds a six to four advantage in head to head match ups. Lucas is too quick on the
tree and Bernstein gets the freebie. Bernstein with low E.T. of the event on this picture perfect
pass. Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.164, 660ft-3.078/276.46mph,
1,000ft-3.854
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
524 Joe Hartley 12 Bob Vandergriff
E1 0.051 8.166 104.19 ****WINNER**** 0.109 4.575 323.50
Qualified: #6 4.557 329.58 #11 4.589 328.14
This is only the second time these two have raced with Vandergriff winning the first time.
Hartley is up in smoke early and Vandergriff blast on down the 1320 for the win. Vandergriff with
his quickest pass of the weekend. Bob Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec.,
330ft-2.203, 660ft-3.125/275.96mph, 1,000ft-3.898
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 J.R. Todd 255 Clay Millican
E1 0.113 4.566 318.99 ****WINNER**** 0.032 4.610 327.27
Qualified: #1 4.541 318.47 #16 4.648 317.57
This is Todd's second number one qualifier award and he beat Millican the only time they have
raced. Millican with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win.
Clay Millican's MOV: 0.0374 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Millican will give up lane choice to
Bernstein in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Melanie Troxel 9 Cory McClenathan
E1 0.077 5.819 224.25 ****WINNER**** 0.142 5.147 256.94
Qualified: #2 4.545 331.94 #15 4.637 316.52
Cory Mac holds a five to three advantage in head to head match ups. They both start to smoke
the tires about the same time and they both pedaled it and they were both back up in smoke, pedaled
it one more time and McClenathan got it to hook up a little better than Troxel and will move into
the next round. McClenathan will give up lane choice to Bazemore in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Rod Fuller 1 Tony Schumacher
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.076 4.591 323.58 0.096 6.158 178.80
Qualified: #4 4.552 324.83 #13 4.608 322.19
This is a battle between the point leaders. Schumacher's car acted real weird when it launched
and then smoke the tires. Fuller with a real nice pass for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
91 Larry Dixon 6 David Grubnic
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.083 4.544 317.19 0.088 4.598 322.50
Qualified: #5 4.553 323.89 #12 4.603 283.01
They leave together and then it was all Dixon as both drivers run their quickest passes of the
weekend. Dixon will have lane choice over Fuller in another giant match up.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Doug Kalitta 10 Hillary Will
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 4.601 321.65 0.109 4.614 327.27
Qualified: #3 4.546 328.70 #14 4.630 323.27
These two have raced each other six time and Kalitta has won every time. Kalitta is out of the
gate first and never looked back to take the win light. He will give up lane choice to Vandergriff
in the next round.
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