Sun, 04 Oct 2020, 17:37 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Billy Torrence                          1 Steve Torrence               
E3                   0.142  5.475 126.03     ****WINNER****  0.073  3.948 325.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T McMillen  ) 0.075  3.717 327.59      (A Brown     ) 0.059  3.710 326.08
E1    (C Karamesine) 0.088  3.738 322.81      (K Wurtzel   ) 0.077  3.687 329.50
 Qualified:             #7  4.022 322.50                        #6  3.924 327.82

Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.26 inches, adjusted altitude 288 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

S. Torrence is 8 - 4 against B. Torrence in prior events.

Steve Torrence with the starting line advantage, but he started to lose traction and pedaled it. He got it to hook up for the win.

Billy Torrence started to lose traction and pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  356 Tony Schumacher                         2 Doug Kalitta                 
E3                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.083  3.711 321.50
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Pruett    ) 0.071  3.750 291.13      (T Zizzo     ) 0.066  3.709 321.42
E1    (K Kinsley   ) 0.098  3.754 316.67      (S Langdon   ) 0.024  3.731 328.22
 Qualified:             #1  3.680 332.92                        #5  3.913 325.22

Schumacher is 51 - 39 against Kalitta in prior events.

This is the 91st meeting between these two and that is the most for any two top Fuel drivers.

Schumacher's throttle stuck on the burnout and banged the blower. He pulled it over by the wall and coasted on down the track. He didn't get off the track in time and Kalitta was shut off.

The crew runs back to pits and grabs a fuel jug, they put a splash of fuel in it. They fire the car and it launches and is straight down the groove.

He will have lane choice over Torrence in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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