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BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 60th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Morgan Lucas 99 Khalid alBalooshi
E1 0.128 9.476 83.78 ****WINNER**** 0.085 3.788 322.65
Qualified: #3 3.757 322.81 #14 3.810 318.99
11:01 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted
altitude 3,333 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.Lucas is 3 - 0 against alBalooshi in prior events. Lucas has won the two prior first round encounters with alBalooshi. Lucas' car moves about ten feet and strikes the tires. alBalooshi is away first and powers right on down the track, running better than he qualified for an easy win.
Khalid alBalooshi's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.157, 660ft-3.043/286.50 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 745 Brittany Force 91 Larry Dixon E1 0.073 6.621 129.18 ****WINNER**** 0.040 6.502 165.92 Qualified: #7 3.786 328.30 #10 3.791 322.42Dixon is 1 - 0 against Force in prior events. Dixon won the only other first round match up at Brainerd this year. He has sixteen prior starts with seven wins and she was first here last year. His Dad, Larry Senior, raced at five Indy events in the mid-late seventies. A wild and woolly tire smoking pedal fest! Dixon's car is up in smoke right off the line and starts to pedal. Force is next to slap the pedal and tries to stay after it. Dixon is in and out of the throttle 6-7 times and gets way crooked down track, but drives on by Force after the 660 lights for the win. Larry Dixon's incremental margins (negative if behind):
60ft(-0.028), 330 ft(-0.375), 660ft(-0.250). MOV: 0.1528 seconds (approximately 29 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 358 Richie Crampton 474 Billy Torrence E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.782 320.20 0.075 3.795 324.28 Qualified: #4 3.772 324.20 #13 3.806 322.19This is the first time Crampton and Torrence have faced each other in eliminations. This is also the Indy rookie year for Crampton and Torrance. Just 0.002 difference in RT's and the are glued together to the finish line. Crampton just stays in front for the close win. Richie Crampton's incremental margins: 60ft(0.007), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0155 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Richie Crampton's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.155, 660ft-3.040/288.27 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 475 Steve Torrence 373 J.R. Todd E1 ****WINNER**** 0.107 3.793 318.99 0.070 5.559 127.38 Qualified: #2 3.753 326.16 #15 3.814 323.89Torrance has won two of their three first round races over Todd. Torrence is 4 - 3 against Todd in prior events. J.R. Todd clinched a spot in the Countdown by qualifying for the event. Todd gets a big starting line advantage, but a charging Torrance is out in front at sixty feet and flying. Todd gets loose and slows before 330 feet to give the easy win to Torrance. Steve Torrence's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.043), 330 ft(0.135), 660ft(0.730). MOV: 1.7295 seconds (more than 100 feet). Steve Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.151,
660ft-3.045/284.27 mph. He will face
Dixon with lane choice in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Tony Schumacher 2 Antron Brown
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 3.793 324.75 0.094 3.859 313.07
Qualified: #1 3.748 328.54 #16 3.845 316.75
Brown is 26 - 21 against Schumacher in prior events. Schumacher has a two to one win advantage over Brown in round one. He has
been to seventeen prior Indy starts with eleven wins. This is Brown's seventh start and he won here in 2011.The team-mates are away with Schumacher in front. Brown's engine drops a cylinder or two and starts to drop further back. Straight and clean for Schumacher for the win. Tony Schumacher's incremental margins: 60ft(0.040), 330 ft(0.053), 660ft(0.079). MOV: 0.1093 seconds (approximately 50 feet). Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.156, 660ft-3.049/284.33 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Shawn Langdon 5 Spencer Massey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.049 3.787 323.81 0.048 9.216 79.82
Qualified: #5 3.779 321.42 #12 3.799 324.12
Massey is 15 - 2 against Langdon in prior events. Massey has a huge six to one win advantage over Langdon in round one match
ups. Langdon was the winner here last year, with five prior starts and Massey won in 2012, with four prior starts,Just 0.001 difference at the green and Massey is up in smoke well before the 330 lights. Langdon makes a strong pass and will race Crampton later, but gives up lane choice by 0.005. Shawn Langdon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.046), 330 ft(1.231), 660ft(3.251). MOV: 5.4288 seconds (more than 100 feet). Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.847 sec., 330ft-2.151,
660ft-3.041/284.62 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Bob Vandergriff 317 T.J. Zizzo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.805 323.43 0.070 4.301 186.90
Qualified: #6 3.782 325.06 #11 3.795 319.22
Vandergriff and Zizzo have each won 1 time against the other in prior events. Both in round one.Vandergriff gets a 0.007 advantage off the line and starts a steady march ahead. Just after the 330 lights, Zizzo's car seems to hesitate a little and then the engine suffers a huge explosion, with parts and flames everywhere. He is OK and pulls the car to a stop on the track. Vandergriff finishes his strong pass without any drama and will give up lane choice to alBalooshi in the next round. Bob Vandergriff's incremental margins: 60ft(0.028), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.122). MOV: 0.5035 seconds (more than 100 feet). Bob Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.850 sec., 330ft-2.158, 660ft-3.057/283.79 mph. 11:20 a.m. Parts and pieces on the track, but no oil penality for
Zizzo. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 142 Dom Lagana 22 Doug Kalitta E1 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.862 306.12 0.064 4.415 270.92 Qualified: #8 3.786 319.90 #9 3.787 304.1211:32 a.m. Back to racing. This is the first time Lagana and Kalitta have faced each other in eliminations. This will be Kalitta's sixteenth Indy start with two prior wins. This is Lagana's first start here. Kalitta gets a small starting line advantage, but is up in smoke before the 330 lights. Lagana gets his first round win here on a straight and clean pass. He will see Schumacher in the other lane next round without lane choice. Dom Lagana's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.001), 330 ft(0.127), 660ft(0.415). MOV: 0.5411 seconds (more than 100 feet). Dom Lagana's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec.,
330ft-2.158, 660ft-3.077/272.78 mph.
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