Sun, 12 Oct 2003, 04:31 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 18th annual O'Reilly Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Kenny Bernstein                         1 Larry Dixon
E3   ****WINNER****  0.043  4.529 329.06                     0.085  4.567 325.14
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Mc Clenath) 0.070  4.570 321.88      (D Russell   ) 0.075  4.584 324.44
E1    (D Baca      ) 0.058  4.628 323.15      (B Ancona    ) 0.085  4.605 320.39
 Qualified:             #3  4.567 327.39                        #2  4.563 326.56

Current weather conditions: 76 degrees, 61 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.05 inches, with a track temperature of 99 degrees under cloudy skies.

Bernstein with the starting line advantage and just increased his lead at every point down the drag strip.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  888 Jim Head                              319 Scott Kalitta
E3                   0.076  4.650 315.34     ****WINNER****  0.057  4.520 329.67
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Romine    ) 0.114  4.587 327.39      (D Kalitta   ) 0.060  4.507 333.95
E1    (C Millican  ) 0.067  4.557 331.12      (D Grubnic   ) 0.060  4.631 317.12
 Qualified:            #12  4.654 322.92                        #9  4.630 317.79

Kalitta with the starting lin advantage and another big top end charge to take the win light. Kalitta just misses in backing up the mph record, but will have lane choice in the final against Bernstein.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink