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Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 06:14 PM

Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brandon Bernstein                       6 Doug Herbert                 
E4                   0.081  4.611 313.58     ****WINNER****  0.018  4.636 311.70
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C McClenatha) 0.081  4.654 300.93      (R Fuller    ) 0.037  4.668 300.73
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.055  4.650 307.72      (D Grubnic   ) 0.053  4.666 300.80
E1    (L Novelli   ) 0.109  4.688 304.39      (T Buff      ) 0.077  4.692 297.29
 Qualified:             #3  4.640 315.86                        #5  4.647 307.30

6:01 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,323 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.
Bernstein is 12 - 2 against Herbert in prior events and 2 - 0 against Herbert in prior final rounds. Bernstein has an overall mark of 17 wins and 8 losses in final rounds, Herbert's career mark is 9 wins, 16 losses in finals. This is Bernstein's second final round in a row.

This was an emotional final round, Herbert "a man on a mission," and he won this one "for my boys" with a holeshot victory. Afterward, the TV screen showed Bernstein giving Herbert a big hug, obviously not upset about losing to Herbert. Doug Herbert's incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.037), 660ft(0.043), 1,000ft(0.043). MOV: 0.0385 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink