Sun, 2 Nov 2008, 07:40 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Rod Fuller                              1 Tony Schumacher              
E4                   0.053  3.821 315.19     ****WINNER****  0.056  3.806 314.53
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Brown     ) 0.065  3.821 314.46      (L Dixon     ) 0.071  3.833 305.15
E2    (H Will      ) 0.076  3.813 318.32      (C Millican  ) 0.069  3.851 295.92
E1    (T Boychuk   ) 0.074  3.829 317.72      (J Hartley   ) 0.073  3.824 316.52
 Qualified:             #3  3.816 318.39                        #1  3.781 316.60

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 27.77 inches, adjusted altitude 4,116 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Schumacher is 16 - 7 against Fuller in prior events and each has won 2 times against the other in final rounds. They leave together and then it is all Schumacher for the win by 0.0127 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Schumacher with his 15th National event win this year and his 56th career National event win. This is 75 round wins for Schumacher, he is now one round shy of tying Anderson for the most round wins in a year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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