Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 06:06 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                       1 Tony Schumacher              
E3                   0.085  3.930 308.43     ****WINNER****  0.082  3.914 313.88
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Strasburg ) 0.061  3.928 305.91      (T McMillen  ) 0.092  3.930 310.70
E1    (T Buff      ) 0.082  4.009 296.50      (M Lucas     ) 0.079  3.883 317.19
 Qualified:             #6  3.912 307.23                        #7  3.926 305.98

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,035 feet.

Schumacher is 27 - 11 against Bernstein in prior events. This was a great side-by-side drag race as they leave together and the schumacher takes the win by 0.0198 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Cory McClenathan                        2 Larry Dixon                  
E3                   0.086  5.191 117.88     ****WINNER****  0.103  3.845 319.52
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kalitta   ) 0.064  3.977 288.15      (S Torrence  ) 0.103  3.878 315.34
E1    (B Vandergrif) 0.119  3.913 310.91      (S Chrisman  ) 0.060  3.840 319.75
 Qualified:             #4  3.896 309.06                        #1  3.839 317.79

Dixon is 40 - 21 against McClenathan in prior events. McClenathan with the starting line advantage and then bangs the blower and the chutes automatically deploy. Dixon with another great looking pass. He will have lane choice in the final. Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.835 sec., 330ft-2.160, 660ft-3.083/276.01 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink