Sun, 19 Sep 2010, 05:02 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                      22 Doug Kalitta                 
E3                  -0.052  8.480  84.27     ****WINNER****  0.069  3.948 313.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.049  3.949 306.81      (A Brown     ) 0.075  4.442 246.17
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.099  4.833 151.04      (B Vandergrif) 0.085  3.905 311.92
 Qualified:             #3  3.839 317.34                        #7  3.879 316.08

4:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 3,367 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Kalitta is 15 - 14 against Bernstein in prior events, 6-3 in semifinal rounds.

Bernstein two-stepped the launch and lit the red light, giving Kalitta a free pass to the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Larry Dixon                             4 Cory McClenathan             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.106  4.050 252.99                     0.048  4.207 249.16
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Schumacher) 0.076  4.813 283.91      (R Fuller    ) 0.084  3.941 309.63
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.070  3.840 318.17      (M Lucas     ) 0.055  3.872 318.09
 Qualified:             #4  3.846 315.93                        #1  3.831 321.12

Dixon is 43 - 21 against McClenathan in prior events, 10-3 in semifinals. However, Cory Mac has a great record here at Concord and has lane choice here.

McClenathan had a huge holeshot and led past the 330-foot marker, then his car started hazing the tires. Dixon's car also started trailing light tire smoke on the top end, but he was ahead and stayed there. Larry Dixon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.050), 330 ft(-0.049), 660ft(0.031). MOV: 0.0997 seconds (approximately 36 feet). Dixon faces Kalitta in the final round, Kalitta has lane choice, but Dixon won in all ten of his prior final rounds this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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