Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 04:16 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 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
  796 Cory McClenathan                        1 Tony Schumacher              
E3                   0.131  4.594 314.17     ****WINNER****  0.050  4.615 321.27
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Dixon     ) 0.066  4.671 304.74      (A Brown     ) 0.061  4.618 319.07
E1    (D Kalitta   ) 0.204  4.586 322.50      (S Torrence  ) 0.045  5.044 263.82
 Qualified:             #5  4.542 325.92                        #9  4.582 320.36

4:08 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 2,783 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Schumacher is 20 - 12 against McClenathan in prior events.

Schumacher has not had much success here at Englishtown but he'll be going to the final round this year. McClenathan was late getting out of the gate and his car made a little move when he launched. Schumacher took his car down the groove for the win. Now, we just have to see who he'll race in the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Brandon Bernstein                       2 Rod Fuller                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.065  4.616 319.22                     0.087  4.813 256.84
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.084  5.068 238.13      (D Herbert   ) 0.070  4.594 319.75
E1    (T Paton     ) 0.083  4.692 316.60      (M Lucas     ) 0.076  4.963 245.23
 Qualified:             #2  4.525 323.27                        #6  4.551 328.46

Bernstein is 3 - 2 against Fuller in prior events.

Bernstein got off the starting line first and was steadily pulling ahead. When Fuller started smoking the rear tires at mid track, he lost any chance he had of getting the win. The Top Fuel final with be Schumacher vs. Bernstein with Schumacher earning lane choice by 0.001 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink