Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 06:00 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 4 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
    3 Brandon Bernstein                       1 Tony Schumacher              
E4                   0.081  4.562 323.04     ****WINNER****  0.034  4.589 325.06
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Fuller    ) 0.065  4.616 319.22      (C McClenatha) 0.050  4.615 321.27
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.084  5.068 238.13      (A Brown     ) 0.061  4.618 319.07
E1    (T Paton     ) 0.083  4.692 316.60      (S Torrence  ) 0.045  5.044 263.82
 Qualified:             #2  4.525 323.27                        #9  4.582 320.36

5:55 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,779 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Neither Schumacher or Bernstein had ever won here before. In 2003, Bernstein's dragster went over the wall in a crash that sidelined him for the rest of the season.

Schumacher got out of the gate first and he needed that advantage to get the holeshot win because Bernstein was quicker on the track. Both drivers ran cleanly down the track under full power. Tony Schumacher's incremental margins: 60ft(0.050), 330 ft(0.041), 660ft(0.025), 1,000ft(0.019). MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink