Sun, 22 Feb 2009, 06:14 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Brandon Bernstein                       5 Antron Brown                 
E4                   0.091  5.173 143.54     ****WINNER****  0.069  3.846 310.63
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Dixon     ) 0.072  3.847 306.33      (T Schumacher) 0.080  3.819 315.34
E2    (S Massey    ) 0.073  3.844 310.05      (M Lucas     ) 0.074  3.885 303.78
E1    (J Hartley   ) 0.059  3.890 306.33      (D Cox Jr    ) 0.088  3.977 232.39
 Qualified:             #5  3.875 308.07                        #3  3.830 313.80

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 2,821 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Brown is 3 - 2 against Bernstein in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round. Brown with the starting line advantage and just blasted on through the 1000 feet for his third National event win. Bernstein started to smoke the tires around 150 feet and he pedaled, but couldn't get it to hook up.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink