Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 12:43 PM
Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual
AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Spencer Massey 358 Richie Crampton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.065 3.831 321.27 0.052 4.755 161.67
Qualified: #8 3.814 320.89 #9 3.816 319.60
Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.53
inches, adjusted altitude 2,955 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.Crampton is 2 - 0 against
Massey in prior events. Crampton with the starting line advantage, but Massey had the lead by the
time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on. Crampton was up in smoke
around 300 feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Shawn Langdon 2 Antron Brown
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.093 3.805 321.19 0.057 3.876 308.50
Qualified: #4 3.774 320.36 #13 3.874 316.45
Brown is 16 - 7 against Langdon in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage, but
Langdon was able to chase him down just past half track and took the win by 0.0358 seconds
(approximately 16 feet). Brown slowed as he dropped a cylinder or two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Bob Vandergriff 21 Terry McMillen
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.135 3.818 321.50 0.106 4.991 148.99
Qualified: #3 3.770 320.13 #14 3.965 304.80
Vandergriff and McMillen have each won 2 times against the other in prior events. McMillen was
out of the gate first, but then started to smoke the tires he did a quick pedal job, but couldn't
get it to hook up. Vandergriff with a real nice pass, straight down the groove for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
373 J.R. Todd 4 Morgan Lucas
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 3.815 323.04 0.086 4.088 228.58
Qualified: #1 3.761 317.87 #16 3.988 250.69
The #1 qualifier has not won in Dallas since 2002, and hasn't won at all since the Charlotte
race a year ago. JR Todd has been the #1 qualifier five times in his career and two of them have
come here at Dallas (2007). He has been the top qualifier at each of the first two races in the
Countdown. Lucas is 5 - 1 against Todd in prior events. They leave together, but Todd grabbed
the lead early and then just stretched it out from there on. Lucas dropped a cylinder or two and
then the engine let go with a big fireball around 660 feet. The word from the top end is there is
oil on the track. Todd will have lane choice over Massey in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
22 Doug Kalitta 497 Troy Buff
E1 0.087 4.353 196.13 ****WINNER**** 0.083 3.841 311.05
Qualified: #2 3.765 326.71 #15 3.965 296.50
Kalitta is 7 - 0 against Buff in prior events. Buff with a slight starting line advantage and
never trailed as Kalitta started to haze the tires around the 330-foot mark. Buff makes his
quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
475 Steve Torrence 99 Khalid alBalooshi
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.101 3.831 324.05 0.104 4.227 224.92
Qualified: #5 3.786 323.74 #12 3.829 317.57
Torrence is 4 - 3 against alBalooshi in prior events. Torrence with the slight starting line
advantage and never trailed as alBalooshi started to haze the tires early and pedaled, but can't
get it to hook up...Torrence with a good looking pass to advance to the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Tony Schumacher 777 Leah Pritchett
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.077 3.817 320.97 0.027 4.254 223.80
Qualified: #6 3.790 322.11 #11 3.823 317.49
When he took the points lead yesterday it marked the 100th time that Tony Schumacher has been
in the point's lead in his career. Schumacher is 3 - 1 against Pritchett in prior events.
Pritchett with a great light and then started to smoke the tires just before half track and clicked
it off...Schumacher with a real nice pass for the win and he will have lane choice over Vandergriff
by 0.001 seconds.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
474 Billy Torrence 91 Larry Dixon
E1 0.104 5.196 135.22 ****WINNER**** 0.071 4.171 208.52
Qualified: #7 3.813 318.39 #10 3.819 324.20
This is the first time Torrence and Dixon have faced each other in eliminations. Dixon with the
starting line advantage and never trailed as Torrence was up in smoke early. Dixon started to haze
the tires around half track and pedaled and got the win. He will give up lane choice to Buff in
the next round.
Timing data courtesy of
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