Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 06:18 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals presented by Valvoline:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            4 Cory McClenathan             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.074  3.849 315.64                     0.104  3.860 315.86
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Buff      ) 0.065  3.929 309.84      (S Langdon   ) 0.083  3.855 314.39
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.107  4.518 254.14      (S Faria     ) 0.068  3.843 318.77
 Qualified:             #4  3.822 317.72                        #1  3.787 320.05

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 2,869 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Kalitta with the starting line advantage and drives awa to move into the final. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.171, 660ft-3.082/277.32 mph.
Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.842 sec., 330ft-2.172, 660ft-3.092/276.24 mph. Doug Kalitta's MOV: 0.0414 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                         2 Larry Dixon                  
E3                   0.085  3.836 317.05     ****WINNER****  0.068  3.836 317.05
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.059  3.923 302.69      (B Bernstein ) 0.101  3.854 316.82
E1    (C Karamesine) 0.242  7.838  73.37      (S Chrisman  ) 0.100  3.799 318.99
 Qualified:             #3  3.801 320.05                        #2  3.788 314.39

Dixon is out of the gate first and then they run identical E.T.s and mph, so Dixon wins on a hole shot. This is only the fifth time in the history of the sport the two drivers have identical E.T.s and mphs. Schumacher was involved in that last one and that was last year against Morgan Lucas in Houston. Larry Dixon's MOV: 0.0171 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.163, 660ft-3.072/278.00 mph.
Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.839 sec., 330ft-2.145, 660ft-3.069/274.55 mph. Dixon will have lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink