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Sun, 06 Aug 2017, 16:38 PM

Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                         7211 Mike Salinas                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.131  3.786 325.37                     0.062  4.191 204.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Smith     ) 0.074  3.745 326.63      (S Langdon   ) 0.028  3.821 282.19
 Qualified:             #1  3.735 329.10                        #9  3.826 319.29

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,510 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.
This is the first time Brown and Salinas have faced each other in eliminations.

Salinas with the starting line advantage and the lead until just past 330-foot mark when it started mixing up cylinders and then the engine let go with a huge fireball and Brown was able to chase him down. The word from the top end is there is oil in Salinas' lane. Mike Salinas was charged with an oildown, #2 for the season. That will cost 10 points and $2K.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pritchett                          8 Tony Schumacher              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.079  5.062 157.72                     0.074  6.483 130.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Reed      ) 0.084  3.729 314.46      (T Coughlin J) 0.059  3.741 328.94
 Qualified:             #3  3.755 325.30                        #6  3.783 324.12

Schumacher is 9 - 3 against Pritchett in prior events.

Schumacher with a slight starting line advantage, but is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle and he pedals it. About that time Pritchett is up in smoke and she stays with it, while Schumacher is pedaling it two or three times and could never get it to hook up. Pritchett gets the win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   21 Terry McMillen                          2 Doug Kalitta                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.085  3.804 317.49                     0.118  3.900 309.27
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Torrence  ) 0.086  3.725 321.58      (T Haddock   ) 0.063  3.768 329.75
 Qualified:            #10  3.835 313.37                        #2  3.744 326.48

Kalitta is 11 - 0 against McMillen in prior events.
McMillen with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Pritchett in the semifinal.

Kalitta started mixing up cylinders around 330 feet and never got it to clean up.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Brittany Force                         25 Clay Millican                
E2                   0.092  4.004 271.30     ****WINNER****  0.075  3.769 323.27
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Buff      ) 0.091  3.724 328.14      (S Palmer    ) 0.090  3.765 322.11
 Qualified:             #5  3.780 324.05                        #4  3.766 318.39

Millican clinched a spot in the Countdown to the Championship with his round one win.
Millican is 6 - 3 against Force in prior events.
Millican with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as he runs low E.T. of the round. He will have lane choice over Brown in the semifinal.

Force started to haze the tires just before half track and pedaled it an never got it to hook back up.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink