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Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 07:04 PM

Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

They Are Back!

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            5 Antron Brown                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.056  3.822 308.57                     0.054  3.847 307.16
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Lucas     ) 0.098  3.825 313.95      (B Bernstein ) 0.074  3.778 312.78
E2    (C McClenatha) 0.077  3.826  27.38      (M Strasburg ) 0.081 15.892  26.16
E1    (U Erbacher  ) 0.154  4.648 194.49      (S Faria     ) 0.090  4.222 279.79
 Qualified:            #11  4.016   NS                          #1  3.708   NS

3:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 1,666 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.
We are finally down to the final round of top fuel after a long wait.
This weekend is the forth career Top Fuel #1 Qualifying position. Brown and Kalitta have two wins each against each other, so this will be the rubber match.
Both cars leave together, with Brown getting a small 0.002 RT advantage. Kalitta Power takes over and he pull steadily ahead at the 330 lights.
Both cars are glued together the rest of the way to the finish line and 2009 looks like it will be a much better year for the Kalitta's.
Doug Kalitta's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.018), 330 ft(0.005), 660ft(0.019). MOV: 0.0234 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

3:57 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink