Sun, 11 Jul 2010, 06:52 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            3 Antron Brown                 
E3                   0.096  4.145 226.05     ****WINNER****  0.070  4.153 256.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Lucas     ) 0.089  3.886 306.95      (T Schumacher) 0.071  4.162 225.45
E1                   0.082  3.829 317.72      (S Chrisman  ) 0.079  3.908 309.13
 Qualified:             #1  3.884 313.58                        #5  3.964 303.03

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,650 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Brown is 8 - 4 against Kalitta in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0181 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Both cars started dropping cylinders just past 660-foot mark.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Cory McClenathan                      333 Shawn Langdon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.102  4.134 225.63                     0.051 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Grubnic   ) 0.108  3.853 310.34      (L Dixon     ) 0.063  3.892 306.60
E1    (M Strasburg ) 0.084  3.821 319.37      (T McMillen  ) 0.060  3.961 305.49
 Qualified:             #3  3.921 308.35                        #7  3.993 295.72

McClenathan is 7 - 3 against Langdon in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage, but he banged the blower as soon as he hit the throttle and that automatically deployed the chutes. He stopped on the track. McClenathan banged the blower right in the lights, but still gets the win. McClenathan will have lane choice over Brown in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink