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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Leah Pruett 303 Pat Dakin E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 3.676 328.38 0.057 11.817 70.73 Qualified: #9 4.310 249.07 #8 4.087 300.66Weather conditions: air temperature 53 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 30.25 inches, track temperature 75 degrees. Pruett is 5 - 1 against Dakin in prior events. Pruett with a great light and the win. she runs the quickest pass of the event. Dakin is up in smoke
right at the hit. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 304 Todd Paton 21 Terry McMillen E1 0.123 13.707 54.81 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.777 325.53 Qualified: #15 8.822 81.37 #2 3.715 319.45This is the first time Paton and McMillen have faced each other in eliminations. Paton is driving the Worsham Top Fueler. This is the second time that Terry McMillen has qualified No.2. McMillen with the starting line advantage and never trailed as Paton is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 394 Luigi Novelli 317 T.J. Zizzo E1 0.097 4.206 231.16 ****WINNER**** 0.117 3.757 325.92 Qualified: #13 6.303 89.81 #4 3.755 327.74This (No.4) is the best starting spot for T.J. Zizzo. Luigi Novelli's first NHRA race was in 1972. T.J. Zizzo was born in 1975. This is the first time Novelli and Zizzo have faced each other in eliminations. Novelli with the starting line advantage, but zizzo had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Novelli is drifting out of the groove and getting real close to the centerline, he keeps it in his lane. Zizzo is skating around on the top end and he is close to the centerline, he keeps it in
his lane until past the finish line. He crosses the center line between 1000 feet and 1320 so this
will cost him five points. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 123 Antron Brown 1211 Justin Ashley E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 3.733 328.06 0.032 4.060 224.92 Qualified: #3 3.720 326.95 #14 6.503 123.41Antron Brown is 26 - 5 in Top Fuel in round 1 when starting from the No.3 spot. Brown and Ashley have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Ashley with a great light and then starts to mix up cylinders and then pitched the blower belt. Brown is straight down the
groove for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 448 Kebin Kinsley 356 Tony Schumacher E1 0.094 7.943 82.24 ****WINNER**** 0.098 3.754 316.67 Qualified: #16 8.869 61.82 #1 3.680 332.92This is the first No. 1 spot for Tony Schumacher since Virginia in 2018. He has qualified No. 1 88 times now and has gone on to win the race 25 times. Kinsley with a slight starting line and is real loose and out of the groove, close to the wall before he clicked it off. Schumacher is on a great pass and then just past half track, he has body panels on the left side of the car fly off. He still gets the win. He will give up lane choice to Pruett in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 333 Shawn Langdon 2 Doug Kalitta E1 0.092 9.260 77.20 ****WINNER**** 0.024 3.731 328.22 Qualified: #12 5.993 271.35 #5 3.913 325.22Shawn Langdon is 5 - 3 against Doug Kalitta in round one. Langdon is 21 - 11 against Kalitta in prior events. Kalitta with a great light and never trailed as Langdon is up in smoke right at the hit. Kalitta kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight all the way down the track for the win. He will have lane choice over Zizzo in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 323 Chris Karamesines 5 Billy Torrence E1 0.393 4.745 158.00 ****WINNER**** 0.088 3.738 322.81 Qualified: #10 4.701 158.41 #7 4.022 322.50This is the first time Karamesines and Torrence have faced each other in eliminations. Torrence with the starting line advantage and is straight down the groove with a good looking pass. Torrence will have lane choice over McMillen in the next round. Karamesines starts to
lose traction around half track and clicks it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 386 Kyle Wurtzel 1 Steve Torrence E1 0.100 3.787 321.65 ****WINNER**** 0.077 3.687 329.50 Qualified: #11 5.274 132.30 #6 3.924 327.82This (No.11) is the best starting spot for Kyle Wurtzel in his 25 race career. Torrence is 3 - 0 against Wurtzel in prior events. Torrence with the starting line advantage and then he runs the second quickest pass of race day and third quickest pass of the event for the win. Wurtzel
with a great looking pass, he runs his career quickest and fastest pass in the losing
effort.
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