Sun, 18 Apr 2010, 04:16 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  333 Shawn Langdon                           2 Larry Dixon                  
E2                   0.062  4.017 305.01     ****WINNER****  0.078  3.976 309.77
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Strasburg ) 0.051  4.020 299.53      (S Faria     ) 0.103  4.135 264.29
 Qualified:             #7  3.991 308.14                        #2  3.894 314.24

Dixon is 3 - 1 against Langdon in prior events. Langdon is out of the gate first, but Dixon had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree. Dixon with a great looking pass to take the win by about 12 feet.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Morgan Lucas                           22 Doug Kalitta                 
E2                   0.103  5.909 111.54     ****WINNER****  0.086  4.006 307.93
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Buff      ) 0.065  3.994 300.93      (S Chrisman  ) 0.083  4.039 303.98
 Qualified:             #6  3.980 303.50                        #3  3.909 315.56

Lucas and Kalitta have each won 7 times against the other in prior events. Kalitta with the starting line advantage and never trailed as Lucas is up in smoke by 150 feet and clicked it off. Kalitta with another good clean pass for the win, but he will give up lane choice to Dixon in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Antron Brown                            5 Brandon Bernstein            
E2                   0.065  8.122  83.17     ****WINNER****  0.065  4.041 302.28
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Passey    ) 0.078  4.325 228.00      (T McMillen  ) 0.056  3.984 308.28
 Qualified:             #1  3.881 316.60                        #8  4.000 306.19

Brown is 7 - 6 against Bernstein in prior events. They leave together, but Brown is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Bernstein with a nice conservative tune up for the round win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                         4 Cory McClenathan             
E2                   0.061  4.286 221.13     ****WINNER****  0.086  3.987 303.64
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.123  3.925 313.07      (T Haddock   ) 0.082  3.906 312.35
 Qualified:             #5  3.942 308.07                        #4  3.912 312.57

Schumacher is 26 - 14 against McClenathan in prior events. Schumacher with the starting line advantage, but McClenathan has him chase down by 400 feet and take the win light. Schumacher started to smoke the tires around half track. McClenathan will have lane choice over Bernstein in the semifinal.

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