Sun, 4 Jun 2006, 05:19 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GRAND BEND, Ont. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Knoll Gas - Torco Racing Fuels Top Fuel at the 2006 eMax Drag Racing Series, Mopar Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Clay Millican                         141 Bobby Lagana Jr.             
E3                   0.071  6.611 140.05     ****WINNER****  0.114  5.367 236.59
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C KARAMESINE) 0.065  9.102  74.64      (R COOPER    ) 0.113  4.897 283.82
E1    (K JONES     ) 0.076  4.987 269.05      (T ZIZZO     ) 0.123  4.877 279.15
 Qualified:             #2  4.668 320.97                        #3  4.753 308.74

5:13 p.m. These two are great friends and the two teams work closely together, but both went for the throat here. It was an exciting race, Millican black-tracking and out of the groove by the time they got to the 330-foot marker. He pedaled, then Lagana started hazing the tires hard and both drivers "boiled the hides" the rest of the way. Lagana gets his first career event win, something that family team has been looking for a long time.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink