Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 05:51 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Doug Herbert                            1 Tony Schumacher              
E4                   0.110  4.629 320.05     ****WINNER****  0.051  4.523 331.77
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Fuller    ) 0.097  5.237 253.14      (M Troxel    ) 0.115  4.550 327.51
E2    (D Kalitta   ) 0.090  4.567 321.81      (M Lucas     ) 0.076  6.081 299.00
E1    (B Ancona    ) 0.116  4.551 324.28      (M King      ) 0.112  4.484 331.28
 Qualified:             #1  4.441 328.06                        #3  4.474 332.02

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 29.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,581 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Schumacher with a big starting line advantage and just increases it at every increment down the track. Schumacher with his seventh win this season. Schumacher just has to show up at Las Vegas go through tech and make a qualifying pass to claim his third Championship.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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