Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 15:52 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA SpringNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pritchett                          1 Antron Brown                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.083  3.772 319.45                     0.065  3.815 322.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kalitta   ) 0.059  3.763 324.05      (B Vandergrif) 0.050  3.766 326.00
E1    (S Palmer    ) 0.102  3.748 324.59      (T Haddock   ) 0.078  3.752 321.04
 Qualified:             #6  3.747 326.87                        #2  3.723 322.50

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 1,412 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Brown is 6 - 3 against Pritchett in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage, but Pritchett and Brown are dead even at 330 feet and then she drives away for the win. Leah Pritchett's MOV: 0.0255 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Steve Torrence                         25 Clay Millican                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.760 323.27                     0.065  8.621  87.00
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Coughlin J) 0.067  3.755 324.20      (T Schumacher) 0.079  3.784 320.97
E1    (S Reed      ) 0.089  3.748 324.20      (S Chrisman  ) 0.079  3.729 326.79
 Qualified:             #4  3.743 321.19                        #1  3.722 325.69

Millican is 7 - 4 against Torrence in prior events.

Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Millican is up in smoke right at the hit.

Torrence will have lane choice over Pritchett in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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