Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 03:56 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Antron Brown                           34 Morgan Lucas                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  3.873 314.17                     0.084  4.006 298.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.077  3.964 303.37      (B Bernstein ) 0.100  9.202  83.89
E1    (S Massey    ) 0.065  3.858 315.27      (S Torrence  ) 0.123  3.965 305.29
 Qualified:             #2  3.777 318.09                       #11  3.939 296.63

2:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,664 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Brown is 5 - 1 against Lucas in prior events, but this is the first time they have met in the semifinals.

Brown's car is a bracket racer this weekend, another excellent run, clean and straight and quick, though not quite as fast as usual.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Larry Dixon                             4 Cory McClenathan             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.058  3.891 313.95                     0.104  4.581 169.34
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Grubnic   ) 0.113  3.854 314.68      (D Kalitta   ) 0.074  3.857 321.12
E1    (D Cox       ) 0.008  3.853 316.15      (T Zizzo     ) 0.085  3.878 315.05
 Qualified:             #1  3.772 323.19                        #5  3.837 317.27

Dixon is 38 - 21 against McClenathan in prior events, 8-3 in semifinals.

Cory Mac's car started to smoke the tires about 200 feet out, then there was a flash of flame and the car nosed over. Dixon made a good run, but not quite as quick or as fast as Brown and Brown has lane choice in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink