Sun, 30 Mar 2008, 03:40 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 21st annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Doug Herbert                           91 Larry Dixon                  
E3                   0.063 10.040  90.07     ****WINNER****  0.069  4.599 319.14
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Schumacher) 0.055  4.572 315.49      (B Litton    ) 0.054  4.955 227.11
E1    (B Vandergrif) 0.050  4.587 316.52      (M Lucas     ) 0.053  4.595 311.92
 Qualified:             #2  4.547 318.02                        #3  4.549 314.46

2:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 77 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,011 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Dixon is 27 - 10 against Herbert in prior events.

Herbert was up in smoke almost instantly and Dixon is headed for the finals with a chance to move back into a tie with Tony Schumacher for second in most wins in Top Fuel.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  123 Antron Brown                           22 Doug Kalitta                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.056  4.570 321.88                     0.044  4.689 311.56
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C McClenatha) 0.060  4.541 326.56      (U Erbacher  ) 0.060  4.635 311.13
E1    (D Foley     ) 0.065  4.591 322.27      (H Will      ) 0.046  4.607 317.19
 Qualified:            #12  4.644 322.42                        #9  4.606 317.87

This is the first time Brown and Kalitta have faced each other in eliminations.

It was a good race, but Brown got the win light in the battle of the tool cars, overcoming Kalitta's early lead to win by over a car length. He will have lane choice against Dixon in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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