Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 06:56 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  421 Spencer Massey                          7 Brandon Bernstein            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.052  3.890 318.62                    -0.073  4.171 291.70
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Fuller    ) 0.056  3.895 320.13      (L Dixon     ) 0.094  3.970 302.35
E1    (R August Jr ) -0.054  3.830 324.75      (D Lagana    ) 0.095  3.873 316.75
 Qualified:             #2  3.824 324.67                        #3  3.833 321.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 4,184 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Bernstein is 5 - 3 against Massey in prior events. Bernstein is too quick on the tree and turned on the red light. this is only Bernstein's eighth red light in his career and the first one this year. Massey Launched hard and was straight down the groove for the easy win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Del Worsham                             4 Antron Brown                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050  3.878 314.02                    -0.032  4.556 168.49
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Grubnic   ) 0.081  3.860 319.14      (B Vandergrif) 0.064  3.878 313.44
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.050  3.856 314.02      (T Schumacher) 0.034  3.836 322.04
 Qualified:             #1  3.796 322.88                        #5  3.841 319.60

Brown is 5 - 3 against Worsham in prior events. Brown is too quick on the tree and turns on the red light. This is only Brown's third red light in his top Fuel career and his first this season...Worsham with a great pass, straight down the groove for the win. Worsham will have lane choice over Massey in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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