Sun, 06 Oct 2013, 14:34 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shawn Langdon                          22 Doug Kalitta                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050  3.794 324.67                     0.055  3.827 324.90
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.047  3.823 322.73      (T Schumacher) 0.056  3.810 324.12
E1    (L Pruett    ) 0.067  5.504 172.81      (B Force     ) 0.084  3.779 326.63
 Qualified:             #2  3.776 325.14                        #6  3.808 322.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.42 inches, adjusted altitude 3,003 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Langdon with a starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Shawn Langdon's MOV: 0.0388 seconds (approximately 18 feet). He increases his lead over Kalitta to 63 points.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Spencer Massey                          1 Antron Brown                 
E3                   0.055  3.840 320.58     ****WINNER****  0.040  3.831 320.74
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Frigo     ) 0.094  3.808 322.96      (B Bernstein ) 0.016  3.847 321.50
E1    (C Millican  ) 0.042  3.806 323.97      (B Torrence  ) 0.055  3.811 321.88
 Qualified:             #8  3.813 314.09                        #5  3.793 324.98

Brown is 13 - 11 against Massey in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0242 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Brown will give up lane choice to Langdon in the final. Massey will leave here third in the points.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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