Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 04:04 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Cory McClenathan                        1 Tony Schumacher              
E3                   0.062  3.992 291.89     ****WINNER****  0.053  3.971 302.62
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.067  4.243 252.19      (M Lucas     ) 0.079  3.977 299.60
E1    (S Palmer    ) 0.074  3.918 311.34      (D Herbert   ) 0.068  3.991 303.57
 Qualified:             #2  3.879 313.51                        #6  3.939 311.77

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 28.48 inches, adjusted altitude 4,308 feet, track temperature 138 degrees.

Schumacher is 28 - 15 against McClenathan in prior events. Schumacher gets the starting line advantage and never trails in the great looking drag race. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0307 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                       3 Antron Brown                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.114  4.036 275.67                     0.050  4.186 222.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Buff      ) 0.087  3.975 300.80      (S Langdon   ) 0.059  3.952 297.55
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.068  3.919 301.00      (D Kalitta   ) 0.068  3.943 309.06
 Qualified:             #4  3.901 308.64                        #1  3.856 314.24

Bernstein and Brown have each won 7 times against the other in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and the lead until around right in the lights when Bernstein drove around him. Brown started to haze the tires and then drop cylinders giving Bernstein the win by 0.0866 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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