Sun, 18 Apr 2010, 07:30 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 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
    4 Cory McClenathan                        2 Larry Dixon                  
E4                   0.076  5.113 158.41     ****WINNER****  0.068  4.016 313.37
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Bernstein ) 0.060  3.986 304.39      (D Kalitta   ) 0.046  3.910 313.88
E2    (T Schumacher) 0.086  3.987 303.64      (S Langdon   ) 0.078  3.976 309.77
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.082  3.906 312.35      (S Faria     ) 0.103  4.135 264.29
 Qualified:             #4  3.912 312.57                        #2  3.894 314.24

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.67 inches, adjusted altitude 4,812 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.

Dixon is 39 - 21 against McClenathan in prior events and Dixon is 4 - 2 against McClenathan in prior final rounds. The winner of this race will leave Las Vegas with the point lead. dixon was out of the gate first and straight down the groove for the win. This is Dixon's third win of the season and 51st career win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink