Sun, 19 Jun 2011, 07:32 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Antron Brown                          323 Chris Karamesines            
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.012  3.876 314.02                    -0.290  4.069 275.06
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Vandergrif) 0.059  3.918 309.56      (D Kalitta   ) 0.130  4.058 298.27
 Qualified:             #5  3.864 317.12                       #13  4.038 301.00

Brown is 2 - 0 against Karamesines in prior events. Karamesines left early and turned on the red light. Brown launched hard and was straight down the groove...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Larry Dixon                            34 Morgan Lucas                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.034  3.883 316.15                     0.068  3.930 295.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Fuller    ) 0.063  3.883 314.90      (T McMillen  ) 0.050  3.883 315.78
 Qualified:             #2  3.831 319.37                       #10  3.902 314.02

Dixon is 14 - 6 against Lucas in prior events. Dixon is out of the gate first and never trailed with another 3.883 pass. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.186, 660ft-3.117/274.11 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Brandon Bernstein                       2 Tony Schumacher              
E2                   0.067  3.880 311.77     ****WINNER****  0.047  3.869 319.29
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Lambright ) 0.063  3.884 308.14      (S Langdon   ) 0.035  3.883 322.34
 Qualified:             #1  3.828 316.52                        #8  3.887 318.92

Schumacher is 28 - 12 against Bernstein in prior events. Schumacher is out of the first and never trailed for the win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0317 seconds (approximately 14 feet). Schumucher will have lane choice over Brown in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Del Worsham                           421 Spencer Massey               
E2                   0.053  3.868 314.75     ****WINNER****  0.040  3.844 320.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.051  3.883 316.45      (P Dakin     ) 0.065  3.871 318.62
 Qualified:             #6  3.865 312.78                        #3  3.852 320.74

Worsham is 3 - 1 against Massey in prior events. Massey is out of the gate first and never trailed to take the win. Spencer Massey's MOV: 0.0372 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Massey with the quickest pass of the round and will have lane choice over Dixon in the semifinal. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.180, 660ft-3.087/280.54 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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