Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 02:30 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Doug Herbert                            2 Rod Fuller                   
E2                   0.092  4.691 309.84     ****WINNER****  0.070  4.594 319.75
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Foley     ) 0.062  4.748 298.80      (M Lucas     ) 0.076  4.963 245.23
 Qualified:            #14  4.773 304.25                        #6  4.551 328.46

2:12 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 2,518 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Fuller is 10 - 3 against Herbert in prior events.

Fuller got out of the gate first and steadily increased his lead as the two dragsters made their way down the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Bob Vandergriff                         3 Brandon Bernstein            
E2                   0.082  8.655  96.96     ****WINNER****  0.084  5.068 238.13
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Will      ) 0.210  5.295 144.06      (T Paton     ) 0.083  4.692 316.60
 Qualified:             #7  4.565 315.19                        #2  4.525 323.27

Bernstein is 8 - 0 against Vandergriff in prior events.

Vandergriff got out to about 100 feet and shook tires. He pedaled it once, then clicked it off. Bernstein had a nice run going to mid track, then the rear end of his car got a little loose. He got off the throttle, then got back on it to record the win. He gave up lane choice to Fuller in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   91 Larry Dixon                           796 Cory McClenathan             
E2                   0.245  4.701 282.19     ****WINNER****  0.066  4.671 304.74
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.089  4.638 313.58      (D Kalitta   ) 0.204  4.586 322.50
 Qualified:            #13  4.684 310.05                        #5  4.542 325.92

Dixon is 32 - 18 against McClenathan in prior events.

Dixon lit both staging lights right away when he staged. He was late coming out of the gate. On the track, Dixon got out to about 330 feet when the rear tires started to smoke. McClenathan went straight down the groove to move on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                       123 Antron Brown                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  4.618 319.07                     0.075  4.621 316.75
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Torrence  ) 0.045  5.044 263.82      (J Todd      ) 0.090  4.567 322.73
 Qualified:             #9  4.582 320.36                        #1  4.502 326.24

Schumacher is 2 - 1 against Brown in prior events.

Schumacher got off the starting line first and as quicker on the track, so he'll have lane choice over McClenathan in the next round. Both drivers made nice looking runs...Schumacher was just quicker.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink