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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Austin Prock 2 Antron Brown
E1 0.063 5.861 132.99 ****WINNER**** 0.040 3.682 329.00
Qualified: #8 3.669 327.89 #9 3.679 335.62
Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 30.26
inches, adjusted altitude 844 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.Austin Prock is 37 - 30 overall (55%) in Rd. 1 and 10 - 8 this year in Rd. 1 (55%). Antron Brown is 11 - 18 in Rd. 1 when starting 9th. Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes a great pass, just a few ticks slower than his qualifying E.T. for the win. Prock is up in smoke right at the hit
and pedals it. he is back up in smoke before he clicks it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Leah Pruett 9 Shawn Langdon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 3.678 333.90 0.051 9.241 94.23 Qualified: #7 3.665 333.63 #10 3.683 335.87Leah Pruett has won 25 rounds this year, the most for her in a year since 2019. In the 24 meeting between Pruett & Langdon he has "left first" 15 times. Langdon is 17 - 7 against Pruett in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off. Pruett launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the
win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 474 Billy Torrence 356 Tony Schumacher E1 ****WINNER**** 0.072 3.664 335.42 0.050 5.326 133.84 Qualified: #5 3.660 334.57 #12 3.690 333.46Billy Torrence is 5 - 3 against Tony Schumacher. Tony Schumacher is 1 - 3 against Billy Torrence in Rd. 1 Schumacher with the starting line advantage, but was up in smoke by 330 feet and clicked it off. Torrence kept the candles lit all the way down the track for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 421 Spencer Massey 1 Brittany Force E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 3.719 327.58 0.061 4.676 156.30 Qualified: #13 3.723 327.49 #4 3.657 335.72Brittany Force is winless in her last 19 races, her longest winless streak since 2018. Spencer Massey's first race in TF was at this event in 2008. He is 7 - 9 against Brittany Force. Force is 9 - 7 against Massey in prior events. Massey with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend. He will give up lane choice to Billy torrence in the next round. Force is up in smoke around 300 feet. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Doug Kalitta 7 Josh Hart E1 ****WINNER**** 0.052 3.689 329.74 0.050 9.918 58.18 Qualified: #2 3.642 334.70 #15 3.738 326.87The last time Doug Kalitta was in 1st place with 3 races to go was in 2006. Josh Hart has lost in Rd. 1 at 6 consecutive races (and lost to 6 different drivers). Kalitta is 4 - 2 against Hart in prior events. Hart with a couple ticks on the tree, but is up in smoke right at the hit. He clicks it off. Kalitta is straight down the groove for the win. He will give up lane choice to
Pruett in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Steve Torrence 323 Buddy Hull
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 3.664 333.21 0.082 3.739 324.42
Qualified: #1 3.636 336.62 #16 3.780 321.11
Steve Torrence has qualified No.1 37 times and in the previous 36 times he has won the race 10
times (He was No.1 and won here in 2020). The last time the No.16 TF qualifier won a round at this
race was 2007. Buddy Hull is making his 17th start.Torrence is 4 - 0 against Hull in prior events. Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He ties his father for the quickest E.T. of round one. He will have lane choice over Brown in the next round. Hull with his career quickest and fastest pass in the losing effort. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7211 Mike Salinas 1301 Doug Foley E1 ****WINNER**** 0.072 3.689 335.77 0.089 3.773 293.16 Qualified: #3 3.655 333.73 #14 3.737 322.51Mike Salinas is 12 - 6 in Rd. 1 this year. Doug Foley is making his 69th start. This is the first time Salinas and Foley have faced each other in eliminations. Salinas with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Salinas is move around on the top end, but holds on for the win. Foley started to skate around on the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Justin Ashley 51 Clay Millican
E1 0.037 4.356 197.29 ****WINNER**** 0.059 3.789 269.53
Qualified: #6 3.661 336.20 #11 3.687 334.52
Justin Ashley is 15 - 3 in Rd. 1 this year. Clay Millican is 1 - 3 against Ashley in Rd.
1.Ashley is 5 - 2 against Millican in prior events. Ashley with the starting line advantage, but then started to lose traction and pedaled it. He couldn't get it to hook up and clicks it off. Millican is straight down the groove, but the car goes silent on the top end. He coast across
the finish line for the win. He will give up lane choice to Salinas in the next round.
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