Sun, 15 Aug 2010, 12:54 PM
Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th
annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Antron Brown 34 Morgan Lucas
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.055 3.843 310.48 0.087 3.950 297.68
Qualified: #8 3.923 302.62 #9 3.927 305.01
Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 28.58
inches, adjusted altitude 2,576 feet. Brown is 6 - 1 against Lucas in prior events. Brown with
the starting line advantage and never trailed as he blasted through with the second quickest pass
of the weekend. Lucas with a good clean pass, but slowed from qualifying in the losing
effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
44 David Grubnic 121 Terry Haddock
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.103 4.198 290.44 0.131 5.660 135.10
Qualified: #7 3.916 302.69 #10 3.954 298.54
Haddock is 1 - 0 against Grubnic in prior events. Grubnic is out of the gate first and then
starts to lose traction and pedals it and gets it to hook back up, but is dropping cylinders in the
lights. Haddock started to lose traction right off the starting line and pedaled it and was back
up in smoke before he clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Tony Schumacher 3516 Terry McMillen
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.098 3.846 309.70 0.081 3.931 308.43
Qualified: #6 3.888 300.73 #11 3.994 298.47
Schumacher is 4 - 0 against McMillen in prior events. McMillen with a slight starting line
advantage, but Schumacher had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree
and runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Tony Schumacher's incremental times:
60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.165, 660ft-3.081/280.25 mph. McMillen with his quickest pass of the
weekend in a losing effort and this will end his hopes for the Countdown to the One. Grubnic will
grab that last spot in the Countdown to 1.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
333 Shawn Langdon 700 Steven Chrisman
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 4.175 303.50 0.188 4.154 278.92
Qualified: #5 3.881 305.70 #12 4.157 276.41
Langdon is 1 - 0 against Chrisman in prior events. Langdon with a big starting line advantage
and then pedaled it right off the starting line and still had the power to hold on for the hole
shot win. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.374, 660ft-3.374/261.47 mph.
Chrisman with his quickest pass of the weekend in a losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
22 Doug Kalitta 394 Luigi Novelli
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.091 4.016 259.06 0.148 No Time
Qualified: #1 3.842 305.49 #16 5.956 115.24
Kalitta qualified number one for the second time this season. Kalitta is 2 - 1 against Novelli
in prior events. Kalitta is out of the gate first and never trailed as Novelli was up in smoke as
soon as he hit the throttle. Kalitta then started mixing up cylinders and the engine let go with a
big fireball just past half track. Novelli didn't get a time because Kalitta's big fireball
tripped Novelli's time. Kalitta will give up lane choice to Brown in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Brandon Bernstein 5050 Scott Palmer
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.097 3.900 305.56 0.038 7.289 108.83
Qualified: #2 3.846 309.27 #15 5.493 126.73
Bernstein is 4 - 0 against Palmer in prior events. Palmer is up in smoke as soon as he hit the
throttle...Bernstein is straight down the groove, but slowed from his qualifying time, but still
gets the win. He will have lane choice over Grubnic in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Larry Dixon 475 Steve Torrence
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.079 3.917 302.01 0.081 5.167 143.87
Qualified: #4 3.861 298.80 #13 4.358 219.65
Dixon is 4 - 0 against Torrence in prior events. Torrence qualified for the Countdown to 1
yesterday when he qualified for the race. Torrence is up in smoke by 300 feet and clicked it off.
Dixon was mixing up cylinders on the top end and then the engine let go right in the lights with
quick flash of flames. Dixon will have lane choice over Langdon in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Cory McClenathan 323 Chris Karamesines
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.113 3.847 302.28 0.181 7.490 75.41
Qualified: #3 3.848 307.51 #14 4.463 185.41
McClenathan is 1 - 0 against Karamesines in prior events. Karamesines was out of power by 330
feet. McClenathan with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win light. He will give up lane
choice to his teammate Schumacher by 0.001 seconds.
Timing data courtesy of
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