Sun, 4 May 2008, 05:38 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                         2 Rod Fuller                   
E4                   0.061  4.583 325.45     ****WINNER****  0.071  4.525 328.70
 Prior rounds:
E3    (H Will      ) 0.082  4.575 321.50      (D Kalitta   ) 0.076  4.591 320.51
E2    (A Bradshaw  ) 0.094  5.286 250.74      (D Grubnic   ) 0.082  4.570 325.45
E1    (M Lucas     ) 0.063  4.531 323.97      (C McClenatha) 0.067  4.530 328.06
 Qualified:             #2  4.495 326.71                        #8  4.541 321.50

4:28 p.m.

My weekend of brainlessness continues. In last session's notes I should have typed that Fuller's last win was in Vegas last year. Fuller has a 6-8 record in final round appearances.

After an exciting Funny Car final, we're looking forward to this last pass of the event. The great looking Caterpillar car is taking on the all-powerful Army car.

As expected, Schumacher takes the left lane.

It's a great end to the weekend. Fuller puts the big Cat into the winners' circle for the first time this year. The cars left pretty much together, but Fuller steadily drove away.

The steamroller just got steamrolled, and it's going to get fun as we go through the year.

Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.855 sec., 330ft-2.181, 660ft-3.115/271.52mph, 1,000ft-3.901
Rod Fuller's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.177, 660ft-3.088/278.35mph, 1,000ft-3.855

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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