Sun, 18 Apr 2010, 05:44 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 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
    5 Brandon Bernstein                       4 Cory McClenathan             
E3                   0.059  4.062 303.30     ****WINNER****  0.060  3.986 304.39
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.065  4.041 302.28      (T Schumacher) 0.086  3.987 303.64
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.056  3.984 308.28      (T Haddock   ) 0.082  3.906 312.35
 Qualified:             #8  4.000 306.19                        #4  3.912 312.57

Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.72 inches, adjusted altitude 4,941 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Bernstein is 21 - 4 against McClenathan in prior events. Bernstein has won 15 out of the last 17 time they raced each other. They leave together and then it was all McClenathan as he never trailed in this race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            2 Larry Dixon                  
E3                   0.081  3.982 309.20     ****WINNER****  0.046  3.910 313.88
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Lucas     ) 0.086  4.006 307.93      (S Langdon   ) 0.078  3.976 309.77
E1    (S Chrisman  ) 0.083  4.039 303.98      (S Faria     ) 0.103  4.135 264.29
 Qualified:             #3  3.909 315.56                        #2  3.894 314.24

Dixon is 30 - 26 against Kalitta in prior events. Dixon is out of the gate first and never trailed to go into the final...Dixon will have lane choice over McClenathan in the final. Kalitta with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink