Sun, 13 Jun 2010, 01:30 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            4 Cory McClenathan             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  3.902 306.81                     0.092  9.680  81.07
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.105  4.669 221.74                     0.107  5.490 120.46
 Qualified:             #8  3.853 314.90                        #1  3.752 324.75

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.77 inches, adjusted altitude 2,635 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Kalitta is 24 - 17 against McClenathan in prior events. McClenathan did a real short burnout. Kalitta is out of the gate first and never trailed as McClenathan is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Larry Dixon                             1 Tony Schumacher              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  3.910 313.88                     0.056  3.955 294.75
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Chrisman  ) 0.137  4.260 243.24      (T Haddock   ) 0.096  4.641 216.65
 Qualified:             #3  3.814 318.24                        #6  3.830 319.52

Schumacher is 35 - 30 against Dixon in prior events. Schumacher is out of the gate first and the lead until around 800 feet when Dixon chases him down. Dixon takes the win by 0.0187 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Dixon with the win has clinched a spot in the Countdown to 1.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Antron Brown                         3516 Terry McMillen               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089  3.883 312.21                     0.132  4.003 296.57
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Palmer    ) 0.105  4.042 244.83      (S Torrence  ) 0.092  4.296 219.65
 Qualified:             #4  3.817 315.86                       #12  3.915 306.33

McMillen is 1 - 0 against Brown in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed with the quickest pass of the round for the win. Brown will have lane choice over Kalitta in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                      34 Morgan Lucas                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.099  3.914 303.03                     0.080  5.048 146.51
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Foley     ) 0.105  3.978 298.27      (S Langdon   ) 0.118  5.535 124.30
 Qualified:             #2  3.807 313.73                       #10  3.897 304.53

Bernstein is 8 - 7 against Lucas in prior events. Lucas is out of the gate first and up in smoke by 250 feet. Bernstein with a good clean pass to move into the semifinals. Bernstein will give up lane choice to Dixon in the semifinal by 0.004 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink