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Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 12:34 PM

Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  333 Shawn Langdon                        3516 Terry McMillen               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  3.975 297.88                     0.028  4.026 295.46
 Qualified:             #9  3.964 298.34                        #8  3.964 299.13

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 28.53 inches, adjusted altitude 4,075 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

They qualified with the same E.T. but McMillen got the the number eight spot based on speed. Langdon is 3 - 0 against McMillen in prior events. McMillen is out of the gate first on Langdon, but Langdon has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree. Both cars with nice clean passes with Langdon taking the win by 0.0408 seconds (approximately 18 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  475 Steve Torrence                         44 David Grubnic                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  3.970 297.09                     0.076  3.995 297.35
 Qualified:            #10  3.974 301.47                        #7  3.941 306.19

This is the first time Torrence and Grubnic have faced each other in eliminations. Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win light. Steve Torrence's MOV: 0.0446 seconds (approximately 19 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  497 Troy Buff                              12 Bob Vandergriff              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  3.968 303.09                     0.064  4.010 295.34
 Qualified:            #12  4.071 290.13                        #5  3.912 310.91

This is the first time Buff and Vandergriff have faced each other in eliminations. Vandergriff with the starting line advantage and the lead until around half track when Buff drove around him and took the win. Troy Buff's MOV: 0.0266 seconds (approximately 12 feet). Buff with the quickest pass of the round and his fastest pass of the year. Vandergriff with a nice clean pass in the losing effort.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            3 Antron Brown                 
E1                   0.097  3.959 300.40     ****WINNER****  0.068  3.943 309.06
 Qualified:            #16  4.379 277.15                        #1  3.856 314.24

Brown is 7 - 4 against Kalitta in prior events. This is Brown's 14th time he qualified number one. This is the lowest starting position for Kalitta in 32 races. Brown is out of the gate first and never trailed with the quickest pass of the round for the win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0459 seconds (approximately 20 feet). Brown will have lane choice over Langdon in round two. Kalitta with a great pass, his quickest of the weekend and the second quickest pass of the round in a losing effort.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Morgan Lucas                            2 Larry Dixon                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  3.988 294.63                     0.086  4.009 298.67
 Qualified:            #14  4.090 286.07                        #3  3.882 311.77

Dixon is 12 - 5 against Lucas in prior events. Lucas is out of the gate first and never trails to take the win by 0.0377 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Lucas with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Dixon dropped a cylinder or two and this is only the second round loss for Dixon on Father's Day.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5050 Scott Palmer                            4 Cory McClenathan             
E1                   0.055  4.160 255.00     ****WINNER****  0.074  3.918 311.34
 Qualified:            #15  4.139 288.39                        #2  3.879 313.51

McClenathan is 3 - 0 against Palmer in prior events. Palmer with the starting line advantage, but McClenathan has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree. McClenathan with the second quickest pass of the round for the win. McClenathan will have lane choice over Torrence in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                     303 Pat Dakin                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.919 301.00                     0.053  7.722  88.59
 Qualified:             #4  3.901 308.64                       #13  4.086 289.51

Bernstein is 2 - 0 against Dakin in prior events. Dakin is out of the gate first, but then is up in smoke right off the starting line. Bernstein with the second quickest pass of the round for the win by 3.7883 seconds (more than 100 feet). Bernstein will have lane choice over Buff in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   11 Doug Herbert                            1 Tony Schumacher              
E1                   0.056  4.015 282.07     ****WINNER****  0.068  3.991 303.57
 Qualified:            #11  3.994 291.95                        #6  3.939 311.77

Schumacher is 27 - 9 against Herbert in prior events. This is Herbert's 300th start in a Top Fueler. Herbert is out of the gate first and has the lead until around 800 feet when Schumacher is able to drive around him for the win by 0.0126 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Schumacher had a big move on the top end, but still takes the win. Herbert with a big engine explosion right in the lights.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink