Sun, 12 Nov 2017, 19:21 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Langdon                           6 Brittany Force               
E4                   0.032  9.818  89.10     ****WINNER****  0.065  3.668 330.07
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Kalitta   ) 0.047  3.718 318.54      (A Brown     ) 0.067  3.674 326.63
E2    (L Pritchett ) 0.062  3.683 321.81      (R Crampton  ) 0.068  3.679 328.22
E1    (T Schumacher) 0.046  3.725 326.16      (T Haddock   ) 0.087  3.688 329.75
 Qualified:            #11  3.784 315.56                        #1  3.667 330.31

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,539 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Langdon and Force have each won 7 times against the other in prior events and Force is 1 - 0 against Langdon in prior final rounds.

Langdon with a great light, but is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Force launched hard and was straight down the groove for the win. She wins her fourth Wally this year and the seventh time in her career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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