Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 12:57 PM
Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third
annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
745 Brittany Force 2 Antron Brown
E1 0.088 3.837 319.52 ****WINNER**** 0.042 3.799 319.22
Qualified: #11 3.809 323.12 #6 3.782 319.14
Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.69
inches, adjusted altitude 2,739 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.Brown is 2 - 0 against Force
in prior events. Antron Brown is looking for his first round win since Brainerd. Antron has won
this race in each of the last two years, Brown is out of the gate first and never trailed as Brown
was straight down the groove for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
303 Pat Dakin 1 Shawn Langdon
E1 0.074 3.951 300.00 ****WINNER**** 0.049 3.785 318.02
Qualified: #12 3.826 317.72 #5 3.780 320.97
Langdon is 4 - 0 against Dakin in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage and
with a great pass, just a few ticks off his qualifying time. Dakin started mixing up the cylinders
around half track and then there was a puff of engine smoke. The word from the top end is there is
oil in Dakin's lane, so he must of used up an engine.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
386 Kyle Wurtzel 358 Richie Crampton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.104 3.911 310.84 0.100 3.950 263.82
Qualified: #15 3.965 291.70 #2 3.764 322.73
Kyle Wurtzel is making his first Top Fuel start in his first appearance at an NHRA national
race. Crampton with a slight starting line and the lead until the car banged and popped and the
engine went silent. Wurtzel with his quickest pass of his career and the win by 0.0357 seconds
(approximately 14 feet). Apparently Crampton used up an engine as the Safety Safari is
rolling...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
323 Chris Karamesines 22 Doug Kalitta
E1 0.170 3.954 287.47 ****WINNER**** 0.094 3.796 323.35
Qualified: #16 4.054 293.79 #1 3.758 325.45
Doug Kalitta like Antron Brown has not won a round in the Countdown this year (0-2). T He has
not won a race from the #1 spot since Sonoma 2004, a span of 23 races. Kalitta is out of the gate
first and never trailed for the win. Kalitta with a good looking pass... Karamesines with his
quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
21 Terry McMillen 7 Tony Schumacher
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.083 3.878 316.90 0.080 5.283 137.54
Qualified: #14 3.899 319.75 #3 3.768 324.44
Schumacher is 15 - 0 against McMillen in prior events. Tony Schumacher has won the first two
races of the Countdown this year and he is 15-0 against Terry McMillen in his career. That is the
most losses for Terry against any opponent he has raced. They leave together with Schumacher
getting the slight starting line advantage and then is up in smoke right at the hit. McMillen with
his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice in the next round to
Brown. McMillen had a body panel bend back on the the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
497 Troy Buff 373 J.R. Todd
E1 0.142 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.059 4.380 233.40
Qualified: #13 3.878 314.61 #4 3.779 325.37
The last three times that he has qualified Troy Buff has upset a higher qualified driver in
round one..He also beat JR Todd in round one at Norwalk this year. Todd with the starting line
advantage and Buff's engine went silent as soon as he hit the throttle. Todd started to smoke the
tires around 330 feet and pedaled it and was back up in smoke and pedaled it one more time, but
gets the win light. Todd will give up lane choice to Langdon in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
475 Steve Torrence 99 Khalid alBalooshi
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.077 3.781 325.61 0.087 11.568 43.79
Qualified: #7 3.786 322.42 #10 3.806 319.90
Torrence is 5 - 3 against alBalooshi in prior events. Torrence is out of the gate first and was
straight down the groove with the quickest and fastest pass of race day. Steve Torrence's
incremental margins: 60ft(0.182), 330 ft(1.382), 660ft(3.755). MOV: 7.7972 seconds (more than 100
feet). alBalooshi was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. He will have lane choice over
Wurtzel in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Bob Vandergriff 5 Spencer Massey
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.081 3.841 319.37 0.064 5.241 133.68
Qualified: #8 3.798 323.89 #9 3.801 323.50
Massey is 8 - 5 against Vandergriff in prior events. These two swapped lanes as they pulled
into the water. Massey is out of the gate first and then starts to smoke the tires by 330 feet and
pedals and can't get it to hook up. Vandergriff is straight down Broadway with a real nice pass
for the win. He will give up lane choice to Kalitta in the next round.
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