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Sun, 27 Sep 2026, 15:28 PM

Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Nationals at The Rock:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Shawn Langdon                           8 Shawn Reed                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.041  3.797 333.33                     0.047  7.396  77.84
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Torrence  ) 0.031  4.373 183.97      (C Millican  ) 0.053  3.851 323.97
E1    (C Ferre     ) 0.030  3.718 336.83      (A Brown     ) 0.036  3.783 327.03
 Qualified:             #3  3.732 334.08                        #7  3.747 329.91

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,337 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.
Langdon is 7 - 1 against Reed in prior events.
Langdon with a slight starting line advantage and was straight down the groove for the win.

Reed dropped a cylinder early and clicked it off.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  200 Will Smith                              1 Doug Kalitta                 
E3                   0.027  4.472 192.47     ****WINNER****  0.032  3.751 335.82
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Pruett    ) 0.013  3.772 333.33      (M Gordon    ) 0.053  3.763 331.61
E1    (J Hart      ) 0.015  3.767 330.88      (R Pustari   ) 0.033  3.743 334.57
 Qualified:            #12  3.786 330.40                        #1  3.682 338.09

Kalitta is 4 - 0 against Smith in prior events.
Smith with a great light, but is up in smoke early and clicked it off.