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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 64th annual NHRA Winternationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 51 Clay Millican 6 Antron Brown E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 3.730 332.34 0.062 3.743 329.10 Qualified: #9 3.902 296.05 #8 3.807 322.11Weather conditions: air temperature 51 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 29.83 inches, adjusted altitude 1,053 feet, track temperature 78 degrees. Antron Brown wins 82% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Clay Millican is 3 - 16 against Brown in Rd. 1 races. Brown is 31 - 6 against Millican in prior events. Brown with the slight starting line advantage, but Millican chases him down just past the 1/8 mile mark and takes the win. Millican bangs the blower right in the lights, but still runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Brown 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 725 Krista Baldwin 333 Shawn Langdon E1 0.098 4.370 193.82 ****WINNER**** 0.099 3.680 334.24 Qualified: #10 3.964 243.94 #7 3.788 318.24Shawn Langdon is 171 - 108 in Rd. 1 in his TF career. This (#10) is the best starting spot for Krista Baldwin. Langdon is 1 - 0 against Baldwin in prior events. Baldwin with a tick advantage on the tree, but is dropping cylinders right at the hit and clicks it off. Langdon launched hard and kept it hooked up to run
low E.T. of the event for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7015 Jasmine Salinas 1 Doug Kalitta E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.067 3.699 335.40 Qualified: #11 4.033 287.78 #6 3.785 303.30Doug Kalitta is the only TF driver to have won this race 3 years in a row. He wins 78% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Jasmine Salinas is the 20th woman to qualify for a TF field. Salinas broke on the burnout to give Kalitta the win. Kalitta launched hard and was straight down the groove for the free
win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 716 Shawn Reed 4 Justin Ashley E1 0.078 7.630 124.93 ****WINNER**** 0.035 3.831 317.87 Qualified: #12 4.755 169.40 #5 3.753 329.18Justin Ashley has qualified in the top half of the field at 21 of his last 25 races (and 13 in a row). Shawn Reed is making his 36th start. Reed rolled through the water box and the car didn't make a burnout. Ashley with a great light and never
trailed as Reed's car was up in smoke right at the hit and he clicked it off. Ashley with a good clean pass
for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 7 Brittany Force
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.072 3.714 336.91
Qualified: #1 3.711 335.73
Brittany Force has qualified No.1 47 times and won the race 5 timesForce launched hard and kept it
hooked up for another good looking pass on the bye pass. Force with a big top end speed, fastest of the
event. She will have lane choice over Millican in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 77 Josh Hart 474 Billy Torrence E1 0.043 3.903 274.61 ****WINNER**** 0.094 3.716 335.98 Qualified: #14 6.118 107.81 #3 3.745 330.47Billy Torrence is 60 - 23 in Rd. 1 races. Josh Hart is 31 - 26 in Rd. 1. Torrence is 1 - 0 against Hart in prior events. Hart with the starting line advantage, but then dropped a cylinder or two and Torrence
chased him down for the win. Torrence with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up
lane choice to Kalitta in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 565 Terry Totten 9 Tony Schumacher E1 0.121 8.561 60.04 ****WINNER**** 0.104 3.752 329.83 Qualified: #15 6.636 91.56 #2 3.735 331.85This is the best starting spot for Tony Schumacher in his last 46 races. Terry Totten is making his 22nd start. Schumacher with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Totten is up in smoke
right at the hit. Schumacher is straight down the groove for the win. He 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 14 Tony Stewart 2 Steve Torrence E1 0.068 8.841 76.15 ****WINNER**** 0.061 3.695 336.65 Qualified: #13 4.839 148.95 #4 3.750 328.30Steve Torrence is 24 - 10 in Rd. 1 when qualified #4. Tony Stewart is the 74th driver to face Torrence in eliminations (35 of those drivers have never beaten Torrence). Torrence with the starting line advantage and
never trailed for the win as Stewart is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Torrence launched
hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the win. He makes the second quickest pass of the
round. He will have lane choice over Ashley in the next round.
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