Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 15:49 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                            3 Steve Torrence               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  3.706 331.61                     0.030  3.726 323.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Force     ) 0.050  3.681 332.43      (D Kalitta   ) 0.029  3.723 328.30
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.054  3.695 331.77      (L Novelli   ) 0.060  3.726 328.62
 Qualified:             #7  3.723 321.73                        #6  3.709 330.15

Brown is 22 - 4 against Torrence in prior events.

Torrence with the starting line advantage, but Brown has the difference made up by 100 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0068 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Brown with the win will hold on to the point lead going into Indy. He will get the number one seed in the Traxxas Shootout.

Torrence dropped a cylinder around the 1/8 mile mark.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   25 Clay Millican                         777 Leah Pritchett               
E3                   0.074  3.792 263.00     ****WINNER****  0.072  3.666 330.88
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Schumacher) 0.070  3.658 330.47      (S Palmer    ) 0.077  3.715 330.63
E1    (C Karamesine) 0.104  3.655 330.23      (R Passey    ) 0.085  3.709 325.30
 Qualified:             #5  3.706 324.12                        #1  3.640 330.63

Millican and Pritchett have each won 5 times against the other in prior events.

Pritchett with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Pritchett with the seventh quickest pass in the history of Top Fuel. She will have lane choice over Brown in her seventh final round this season.

Millican started mixing up cylinders and the engine went silent.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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