Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 08:18 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Doug Kalitta                            5 Rod Fuller                   
E4                   0.044  4.537 331.36     ****WINNER****  0.040  4.531 327.82
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Bernstein ) 0.101  4.536 329.58      (M Lucas     ) 0.049  4.636 284.93
E2    (L Dixon     ) 0.050  4.559 327.82      (D Baca      ) 0.112  4.557 327.90
E1    (U Erbacher  ) 0.063  4.544 326.79      (D Grubnic   ) 0.049  4.510 330.31
 Qualified:             #2  4.528 331.04                        #4  4.529 326.32

5:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 29.72 inches, adjusted altitude 2,294 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Fuller won the Technicoat Shootout yesterday and if he doubles-up here he will get the $50,000 bonus. He will leave this race with the points lead regardless of the outcome. Fuller is 5-8 in career final rounds, 2-3 this year. Kalitta is 30-23 in career final rounds, 1-0 this year.

They leave the line together, Fuller starts to pull away, Kalitta gains ground before the sixty-foot mark, then Fuller starts to pull away again and takes the win.

Rod Fuller's incremental margins: 60ft(0.003), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.008), 1,000ft(0.013). MOV: 0.0102 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Fuller will leave the race with a 52 point lead over Larry Dixon.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink