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Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations
Sun, 27 Feb 2005, 07:11 PM
Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual Checker Schuck's Kragen NHRA Nationals: 

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                       743 Morgan Lucas                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.065  4.485 329.50                     0.088  4.967 207.53
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Bernstein ) 0.099  4.498 327.35      (D Grubnic   ) 0.125  4.671 307.37
E2    (C McClenatha) 0.073  4.520 322.34      (D Herbert   ) 0.082  4.517 324.12
E1    (B Litton    ) 0.096  4.477 329.10      (R Pustari   ) 0.059  4.550 321.12
 Qualified:             #1  4.474 317.12                        #6  4.510 321.96
Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,806 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

This is the second time in the last three races these two have faced off.

Schumacher is first off the starting line and just blast on through for the win. Schumacher was really impressive today in eliminations. Lucas had something go wrong around 800 feet and slowed.

Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.826 sec., 330ft-2.121, 660ft-3.038/275.51mph, 1,000ft-3.810
Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.854 sec., 330ft-2.161, 660ft-3.073/276.07mph, 1,000ft-3.971

Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.5052 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Schumacher becomes the first Top Fuel driver to win this event three times, he also won here in 2000 and 2002. This is his 22nd win in 45 final rounds.

Schumacher will leave with the POWERade points lead.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
By Rick Green


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