Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 06:20 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   91 Larry Dixon                            12 Bob Vandergriff              
E4   ****WINNER****  0.059  4.629 310.91                     0.065  5.426 307.72
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Millican  ) 0.096  4.586 322.88      (W Bazemore  ) 0.081  4.597 321.12
E2    (R Fuller    ) 0.083  4.670 275.00      (D Kalitta   ) 0.079  4.642 317.49
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.083  4.544 317.19      (J Hartley   ) 0.109  4.575 323.50
 Qualified:             #5  4.553 323.89                       #11  4.589 328.14

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.33 inches, adjusted altitude 2,422 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Dixon is out of the gate first and never looked back for his third win of the season. Dixon will go into Richmond as the point leader.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink