Sun, 01 Oct 2023, 16:54 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Clay Millican                         356 Tony Schumacher              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.088  3.823 308.35                     0.089  3.869 305.22
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Salinas   ) 0.037  3.850 285.53      (A Brown     ) 0.054  3.808 327.43
E1    (A Prock     ) 0.076  3.761 333.58      (B Force     ) 0.078  3.730 332.84
 Qualified:             #7  3.740 334.07                        #6  3.734 329.83

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,441 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Schumacher is 34 - 15 against Millican in prior events.

Millican with a tick on the tree and never trailed for the win. Millican's car pitched the blower belt on the top end, but held on for the win. He is advancing to his 22nd career final round and third this season.

Schumacher started to drop cylinders and then pushed out a head gasket.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pruett                             6 Steve Torrence               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.073  3.772 331.77                     0.070  3.825 322.81
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kalitta   ) 0.081  3.803 328.62      (J Ashley    ) 0.073  3.783 322.50
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.086  3.737 329.99      (J Hart      ) 0.086  3.741 329.42
 Qualified:             #8  3.742 331.04                        #5  3.733 330.72

Torrence is 18 - 8 against Pruett in prior events.

Torrence with a slight starting line advantage, but she has the lead by 100 feet and takes the win. She is straight down the groove for the win and lane choice over Millican in the final. she is advancing to her fourth final this season and 23rd of her career.

Torrence with a clean pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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