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Sun, 28 Mar 2010, 02:02 PM

Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:

 Order Car# Lane  Driver                            Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.      3   2  Antron Brown                         3  0.062   3.840 314.31
  2.     11   4  Doug Herbert                        11  0.068   3.851 308.50
  3.      2   3  Larry Dixon                          2  0.130   3.818 317.42
  4.    333   1  Shawn Langdon                       10  0.049   3.914 308.85

Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.24 inches, adjusted altitude 1,730 feet, track temperature 73 degrees.
Langdon was first out of the gate, Brown was second out of the gate and never trailed to take the win light. Herbert was third off the line and he gets to the finish line second to move into the final. Dixon was last off the line and runs the quickest E.T. out of this group, but can't chase the other down.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Antron Brown was 0.0171 sec./about 8 feet ahead of 2. Doug Herbert, who was 0.029 sec./about 14 feet ahead of 3. Larry Dixon, who was 0.015 sec./about 7 feet ahead of 4. Shawn Langdon
Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish Shawn Langdon Lane 1: 0.000 0.000 0.026 0.045/007 0.061/009 Antron Brown Lane 2: 0.013 0.010 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/003 Larry Dixon Lane 3: 0.081 0.064 0.051 0.049/002 0.046/000 Doug Herbert Lane 4: 0.019 0.018 0.001 0.004/004 0.017/009

 Order Car# Lane  Driver                            Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.     22   3  Doug Kalitta                         5  0.088   3.809 317.57
  2.      4   2  Cory McClenathan                     1  0.091   3.809 318.77
  3.      1   1  Tony Schumacher                      4  0.168   3.842 318.62
  4.    747   4  Rhonda Hartman-Smith                 8  0.093   4.403 236.38

Kalitta is first out of the gate and wins this one on a hole shot as he and McClenathan run identical E.T.s. Hartman-Smith started to lose traction and clicks it off...Schumacher is last off the line and can't chase them down.
Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.852 sec., 330ft-2.163, 660ft-3.052/283.97 mph. Doug Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.851 sec., 330ft-2.145, 660ft-3.044/278.58 mph.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Doug Kalitta was 0.0036 sec./about 20 inches ahead of 2. Cory McClenathan, who was 0.110 sec./about 51 feet ahead of 3. Tony Schumacher, who was 0.486 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Rhonda Hartman-Smith
Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish Tony Schumacher Lane 1: 0.080 0.104 0.124 0.120/001 0.113/000 Cory McClenathan Lane 2: 0.003 0.004 0.021 0.011/000 0.003/000 Doug Kalitta Lane 3: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000/005 0.000/001 Rhonda Hartman-Smith Lane 4: 0.005 0.053 0.164 0.380/061 0.599/082
Cory Mac should have lane choice based on the faster mph and the Kalitta will pick next, Brown will get the third pick and Herbert will go where they put him.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink