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Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 05:38 PM

Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 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
    5 Brandon Bernstein                       1 Tony Schumacher              
E4                   0.058  4.054 272.56     ****WINNER****  0.073  3.982 306.53
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Brown     ) 0.114  4.036 275.67      (C McClenatha) 0.053  3.971 302.62
E2    (T Buff      ) 0.087  3.975 300.80      (M Lucas     ) 0.079  3.977 299.60
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.068  3.919 301.00      (D Herbert   ) 0.068  3.991 303.57
 Qualified:             #4  3.901 308.64                        #6  3.939 311.77

Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.46 inches, adjusted altitude 4,414 feet, track temperature 134 degrees.

Bernstein with the starting line advantage, but had a hole out right at the hit. Bernstein with the lead until the engine let go with a huge fireball and Schumacher drove around him for the win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0573 seconds (approximately 23 feet). This is Schumacher fourth win this year and his 65th career. Earlier in the day when Schumacher beat Lucas he clinched his spot in the Countdown.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink