Sun, 23 May 2010, 02:16 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                    3516 Terry McMillen               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.087  3.918 306.67                     0.100  3.949 297.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Palmer    ) 0.093  3.897 312.13      (S Torrence  ) 0.094  3.917 307.86
 Qualified:             #3  3.886 312.13                       #11  3.957 303.30

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 28.68 inches, adjusted altitude 4,071 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Bernstein is 2 - 0 against McMillen in prior events. Bernstein with the starting line advantage and never trailed but had a big puff of engine smoke as he crossed the finish line for the win. Brandon Bernstein's MOV: 0.0443 seconds (approximately 19 feet). MCmillen gave him a good run just came up a little short.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                       333 Shawn Langdon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065  3.882 310.91                     0.040  3.915 308.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Lagana    ) 0.093  3.861 316.60      (M Strasburg ) 0.057  3.971 276.18
 Qualified:             #5  3.896 313.58                        #4  3.887 312.57

Schumacher and Langdon have each won 2 times against the other in prior events. Langdon like every round this year, but one is out of the gate first and then they are tied at the 330-foot mark and they are still tied at the 660-foot mark. Schumacher is able to just get by Langdon on the top end for the win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0083 seconds (approximately 4 feet). That was a great drag race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Antron Brown                            2 Larry Dixon                  
E2                  -0.037  3.866 313.58     ****WINNER****  0.048  4.031 285.59
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Novelli   ) 0.074  3.851 314.68      (D Grubnic   ) 0.060  3.853 315.19
 Qualified:             #1  3.785 321.96                        #9  3.915 311.05

Dixon is 7 - 3 against Brown in prior events. Brown was too quick on the tree and turned on the red light. This is only the second time Brown has foul out in Top Fuel and both have been against Dixon. Dixon used up an engine in the win. Dixon will give up lane choice to Schumacher in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            4 Cory McClenathan             
E2                   0.058  3.875 313.58     ****WINNER****  0.064  3.853 313.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Chrisman  ) 0.069  3.843 317.34      (M Lucas     ) 0.070  3.914 309.34
 Qualified:             #2  3.849 316.08                        #7  3.904 312.13

Kalitta is 24 - 16 against McClenathan in prior events. Kalitta with a slight starting line advantage, but after that it was all McClenathan with the quickest pass of the round. Cory McClenathan's MOV: 0.0164 seconds (approximately 8 feet). He will have lane choice over Bernstein in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink