Sun, 18 May 2008, 09:04 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual O'Reilly NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                        91 Larry Dixon                  
E4   ****WINNER****  0.037  4.555 306.81                     0.036  4.958 253.37
 Prior rounds:
E3    (H Will      ) 0.062  4.501 329.50      (B Bernstein ) 0.047  4.555 317.05
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.067  4.511 321.42      (T Buff      ) 0.043  4.631 300.73
E1    (A Bradshaw  ) 0.069  4.514 325.45      (D Herbert   ) 0.049  4.621 316.23
 Qualified:             #1  4.502 327.43                       #10  4.586 321.19

Dixon is 26 - 22 against Schumacher in prior events and Schumacher is 8 - 4 against Dixon in prior final rounds. Both drivers have great lights and then Dixon starts to lose the traction and he had to pedal it. Schumacher launched hard and keep it hooked up all the way down the 1320 to take home the Wally from the number one spot for the 15th time in his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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