Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 06:36 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Doug Kalitta                            3 Brandon Bernstein            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.101  4.536 329.58                     0.075  4.996 244.87
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Dixon     ) 0.050  4.559 327.82      (M Troxel    ) 0.048  4.566 327.43
E1    (U Erbacher  ) 0.063  4.544 326.79      (D Herbert   ) 0.072  4.530 326.71
 Qualified:             #2  4.528 331.04                        #6  4.534 325.69

3:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 2,291 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Bernstein holds an 11-9 advantage in match-ups with Kalitta. He and Fuller are the only two left among the countdown contenders.

Now it's just Fuller. Bernstein was all over the track early, then strikes the tires about 300 feet out. Kalitta makes another great run and goes to his second final in the last two races.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Rod Fuller                            743 Morgan Lucas                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.049  4.636 284.93                     0.050  5.540 176.37
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Baca      ) 0.112  4.557 327.90      (T Schumacher) 0.065  4.576 321.35
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.049  4.510 330.31      (B Vandergrif) 0.114  4.517 326.87
 Qualified:             #4  4.529 326.32                        #9  4.543 328.22

Fuller could put some more room between himself and the other contenders with a win here. He holds a 3-2 advantage over Lucas.

They leave the line together, then Lucas strikes the tires about 300 feet out, pedals, goes up in smoke again and backs off the throttle. Fuller makes a decent run but was losing the engine as he went through the lights.

Kalitta will have lane choice over Fuller in the final round.

Rod Fuller's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.013), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.197), 1,000ft(0.471). MOV: 0.9057 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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