Sun, 15 Aug 2010, 04:18 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Cory McClenathan                       44 David Grubnic                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.098  3.802 314.53                     0.101  3.904 298.73
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Schumacher) 0.071  3.831 312.86      (B Bernstein ) 0.093  3.858 305.15
E1    (C Karamesine) 0.113  3.847 302.28      (T Haddock   ) 0.103  4.198 290.44
 Qualified:             #3  3.848 307.51                        #7  3.916 302.69

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 28.57 inches, adjusted altitude 2,948 feet.

McClenathan is 17 - 11 against Grubnic in prior events. McClenathan is out of the gate first never trailed as he runs low E.T. of the weekend for the win. Cory McClenathan's incremental times: 60ft-0.840 sec., 330ft-2.145, 660ft-3.045/283.85 mph. McClenathan with the win moves into second place in the regular season. Grubnic was mixing up cylinders on the top end.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Larry Dixon                            22 Doug Kalitta                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.097  3.794 318.24                     0.078  3.835 317.34
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.085  3.823 314.53      (A Brown     ) 0.089  3.822 320.13
E1    (S Torrence  ) 0.079  3.917 302.01      (L Novelli   ) 0.091  4.016 259.06
 Qualified:             #4  3.861 298.80                        #1  3.842 305.49

Dixon is 32 - 26 against Kalitta in prior events. Kalitta with the starting line advantage, but Dixon has the difference made up by 300 feet and blast on through for the win with the quickest pass of the event. Dixon has big top end speed again...Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.834 sec., 330ft-2.142, 660ft-3.041/283.43 mph. Larry Dixon's MOV: 0.0224 seconds (approximately 10 feet). Kalitta with a real good pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink