Sun, 18 May 2008, 04:54 PM
Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual
O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
91 Larry Dixon 497 Troy Buff
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.043 4.631 300.73 0.087 4.681 305.15
Prior rounds:
E1 (D Herbert ) 0.049 4.621 316.23 (D Grubnic ) 0.079 4.666 313.58
Qualified: #10 4.586 321.19 #15 7.602 126.90
Dixon is 2 - 0 against Buff in prior events. Dixon with the starting line advantage and just
increased it at every increment going down the track. Buff with another good looking run in a
losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
22 Doug Kalitta 3 Brandon Bernstein
E2 0.076 4.810 280.19 ****WINNER**** 0.088 4.545 326.71
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Paton ) 0.105 4.710 308.64 (B Vandergrif) 0.094 4.586 324.44
Qualified: #3 4.536 320.66 #6 4.571 328.86
Bernstein is 11 - 10 against Kalitta in prior events. Bernstein holds a three to two advantage
in round two match ups. Bernstein with a great pass, his quickest of the weekend for the win.
Brandon Bernstein's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.170, 660ft-3.087/274.27mph,
1,000ft-3.866Kalitta started dropping cylinders from around 900 feet on through the
1320.
Bernstein will have lane choice over Dixon in the semifinal.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
48 Hillary Will 123 Antron Brown
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.070 4.541 319.14 0.066 4.560 328.14
Prior rounds:
E1 (C McClenatha) 0.079 4.555 320.43 (M Lucas ) 0.057 4.901 321.12
Qualified: #5 4.570 323.50 #4 4.542 330.15
Brown is 1 - 0 against Will in prior events. This was a great drag race with Will increasing
her lead all the way down the track. Will with her quickest pass of the weekend. Hillary Will's
incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.198, 660ft-3.089/282.60mph, 1,000ft-3.854 Hillary
Will's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.004), 330 ft(-0.008), 660ft(0.013),
1,000ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0156 seconds (approximately 8 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Tony Schumacher 7 J.R. Todd
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.067 4.511 321.42 0.060 4.550 330.80
Prior rounds:
E1 (A Bradshaw ) 0.069 4.514 325.45 (R Fuller ) 0.066 4.589 321.04
Qualified: #1 4.502 327.43 #8 4.584 327.90
Schumacher is 8 - 4 against Todd in prior events and Schumacher holds a two to one in round two
match ups. This was great drag race with Schumacher running the quickest pass of eliminations for
the win light. Todd runs a career fastest mph and top speed of the meet in a losing effort. Tony
Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.159, 660ft-3.061/279.04mph,
1,000ft-3.830
J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.186,
660ft-3.105/275.56mph, 1,000ft-3.881 Schumacher will have lane choice over Will in the
semifinal.
Timing data courtesy of
CompuLink
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