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BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 34 Morgan Lucas 777 Leah Pritchett E1 ****WINNER**** 0.061 3.787 323.89 0.064 3.816 320.05 Qualified: #6 3.795 320.13 #11 3.840 320.6610:57 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 3,487 feet, track temperature 97 degrees. Morgan Lucas won Top Alcohol Dragster here in 2003. This is Pritchett's 37th Top Fuel start, her first at Indy and this is the first time they have raced each other. Good drag race, just thousandths apart at the start and side-by-side all the way to the stripe, both drivers making their quickest run of the event. It was also Lucas' season-best ET and speed. Morgan Lucas' incremental margins: 60ft(0.020), 330 ft(0.021), 660ft(0.025). MOV: 0.0322 seconds (approximately 15 feet). Morgan Lucas' incremental times: 60ft-0.844
sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.044/286.07 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 335 Dave Connolly 8 Khalid alBalooshi E1 ****WINNER**** 0.066 3.820 324.59 0.112 3.809 326.08 Qualified: #4 3.793 323.58 #13 3.887 315.78Dave Connolly won here in Pro Stock three times and he was runner-up in that class here last year. Khalid alBalooshi is making his first TF start of the year since taking over for Spencer Massey. He already has advanced to round 2 in the Pro Mod class where he qualified #1. This is the first time these two have faced each other in eliminations. On a holeshot, Connolly held alBalooshi off on the top end for the win, alBalooshi making his best run of the event. Dave Connolly's incremental margins: 60ft(0.041), 330 ft(0.045), 660ft(0.038). MOV: 0.0358 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Dave Connolly's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.162, 660ft-3.072/280.95 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 91 Larry Dixon 5 Doug Kalitta E1 0.097 3.819 326.16 ****WINNER**** 0.055 3.808 317.42 Qualified: #1 3.744 326.00 #16 3.995 290.63Larry Dixon has started here 18 times in Top Fuel and has won Indy 4 times, including in his rookie year of 1995. His last win was in 2010. This is the 4th time he has started from the top spot in the field. This is Doug Kalitta's 16th start at Indy. This is the 8th time that Doug Kalitta has qualified 16th in the field in his career and he has two first round wins when starting last in the field. This is the 68th meeting between the two and that is the ninth most head-to-head meetings in the pro classes. Dixon holds a 36-31 edge in prior events, but they are tied at 7-7 in round one meetings. Kalitta had a big holeshot and then ran his quickest ET of the event, by almost two tenths - in fact it was his first full pass of the event. Doug Kalitta's incremental margins: 60ft(0.057), 330 ft(0.067), 660ft(0.065).
MOV: 0.0537 seconds (approximately 26 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 474 Billy Torrence 317 T.J. Zizzo E1 ****WINNER**** 0.107 3.804 326.16 0.097 4.001 255.29 Qualified: #2 3.771 323.58 #15 3.942 278.98This is the 16th race for Billy Torrence, his first of this year and it is his best starting spot ever (#2). This the 9th Indy start for T.J. Zizzo. T.J.'s dad, Tony, set top speed in the alky dragster class here back in 1986. This is the first time these two have faced each other in eliminations. This was a very close race until Zizzo had a supercharger POP just before the 660-foot marker. He was clocked at "only" 259.36 mph in the 660-foot speed trap. Billy Torrence's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.004), 330 ft(0.002), 660ft(0.037). MOV: 0.1874 seconds (approximately 70 feet). T.J. Zizzo was charged with an oildown, #3 for the season and the event. That will cost 15 points and $4K. Billy Torrence's incremental times: 60ft-0.845 sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.057/281.83
mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Antron Brown 2 J.R. Todd
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 3.796 318.17 0.052 3.905 311.34
Qualified: #12 3.868 318.69 #5 3.795 323.58
Antron Brown won here in 2011. He also won here twice in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class. This is Antron's 18th Indy
race, 10 on Pro Stock Motorcycle and 8 in Top Fuel. It is the 2nd time he has started from the bottom half of the field
in TF and they have come in the last 2 years. J.R. Todd is making his 5th TF start at Indy. Brown is has an 8-1 record
against Todd in prior events, 4-1 in round one. These two also faced off in the first round of the Traxxas Top Fuel
Shootout Saturday, Brown won that one and the Shootout.Brown had a small holeshot, but Todd dropped a cylinder on the right side early in his run and Brown made his quickest run of the event for the surprisingly easy win. He will have lane choice against Connolly in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Steve Torrence 358 Richie Crampton
E1 0.107 4.666 201.79 ****WINNER**** 0.078 4.159 205.51
Qualified: #3 3.778 326.08 #14 3.892 305.15
Richie Crampton is the defending event champion. Five TF drivers have won Indy in back-to-back years. Steve Torrence
won the Top Alcohol Dragster title here in 2005. He has been runner-up in Top Fuel in each of the last two seasons. This
is a re-match of last year's final round. They are 3-3 in prior events, Torrence with a 2-1 edge in round
one.Crampton had a nice holeshot, then Torrence started smoking the tires about 200 feet down the track. He pedaled, spun again, the car leaking some fluid under the tires. Meanwhile, Crampton trucked on down there until he had a supercharger explosion at about 800 feet. By then he had a big lead and momentum, easily coasting home with the win light. Steve Torrence was charged with an oildown, #2 for the season and the event. That will cost 10 points and $2K. Crampton will race Lucas in round two, Lucas has lane choice. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Brittany Force 303 Pat Dakin E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.853 318.99 0.082 3.901 314.17 Qualified: #7 3.798 319.60 #10 3.817 319.75Pat Dakin's first Indy race was in 1971. This is the 26th time he has competed in Top Fuel at the "Nationals." Brittany Force is coming off a final round performance in Brainerd two weeks ago. This is the fourth time they have raced each other, all in round one, and Dakin holds a 2-1 edge in those prior events. Force had a small edge at the green, then extended it to win by over a car length. Brittany Force's incremental margins: 60ft(0.006), 330
ft(0.023), 660ft(0.039). MOV: 0.0571 seconds (approximately 26 feet). She will not have lane choice against Billy
Torrence in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Shawn Langdon 1 Tony Schumacher
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.049 3.841 313.44 0.050 4.264 212.83
Qualified: #8 3.806 319.29 #9 3.812 322.88
Tony Schumacher has 19 starts in Top Fuel at Indy, with 9 wins. That is the most by any driver in the fuel classes.
Shawn Langdon won here in 2013. He also won here in Super Gas in 2010. Schumacher is 13-9 against Langdon in prior
events, but Langdon is 2-1 against Schumacher in round one matchups. Langdon's future schedule after today is still very
uncertain.It was almost dead-even at the start, but Langdon led this one all the way, really opening the gap when
Schumacher started smoking the tires before the 600-foot mark. Langdon will race Kalitta in round two, Kalitta has lane
choice.
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