Sun, 22 Sep 2013, 14:30 PM
Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual
AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Spencer Massey 1 Antron Brown
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.050 3.832 317.79 0.060 3.857 307.37
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Todd ) 0.068 3.798 320.74 (B Bernstein ) 0.068 3.852 312.93
Qualified: #6 3.839 318.02 #14 3.895 311.05
Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.34
inches, adjusted altitude 2,769 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.Massey with the starting
line advantage, but Brown had the lead at the Christmas tree. Massey had the lead from there on
for the win by 0.0358 seconds (approximately 16 feet). Massey continues to hold on to the No. 1
spot in the point standing.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
34 Morgan Lucas 2 Tony Schumacher
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.070 3.845 312.13 0.068 3.889 301.81
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Millican ) 0.080 3.797 323.04 (S Torrence ) 0.082 3.825 323.04
Qualified: #12 3.872 317.87 #13 3.878 320.20
Schumacher is 30 - 9 against Lucas in prior events. They leave together with Schumacher getting
a slight advantage, but after that is was all Lucas for the win. Morgan Lucas' MOV: 0.0426 seconds
(approximately 19 feet). Schumacher started dropping cylinders right in the lights.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
22 Doug Kalitta 745 Brittany Force
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.103 3.805 320.20 0.069 3.867 304.46
Prior rounds:
E1 (L Dixon ) 0.115 3.793 322.96 (D Grubnic ) 0.084 3.832 317.79
Qualified: #2 3.825 318.39 #10 3.871 312.06
Force is 2 - 1 against Kalitta in prior events. Force was out of the gate first and the lead
until the top end when Kalitta was able to chase her down to take the win. Doug Kalitta's MOV:
0.0285 seconds (approximately 13 feet). Kalitta with the quickest pass of the round and he will
have lane choice over Massey in the semifinal.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Shawn Langdon 8 Bob Vandergriff
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.072 3.813 324.51 0.069 3.859 320.05
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Zizzo ) 0.079 3.767 325.53 (B Torrence ) 0.072 3.841 321.81
Qualified: #1 3.819 321.04 #9 3.870 316.75
Langdon is 11 - 2 against Vandergriff in prior events. Vandergriff with a slight starting line
advantage, but Langdon had the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed
from there on. Langdon with the second quickest pass of the round and he will have lane choice
over Lucas in the semifinal.
Timing data courtesy of
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