Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 04:40 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                         4 Cory McClenathan             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.065  3.858 310.05                     0.088  3.836 310.70
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.090  3.802 321.96      (D Kalitta   ) 0.073  3.802 311.13
E1    (M Strasburg ) 0.096  3.830 318.77      (M Lucas     ) 0.116  3.817 317.94
 Qualified:             #2  3.799 321.65                        #3  3.805 321.58

Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,663 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Schumacher is 29 - 17 against McClenathan in prior events. McClenathan holds a four to three advantage in head to head match ups this year. Schumacher with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0013 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                     333 Shawn Langdon                
E3                   0.099  4.547 166.35     ****WINNER****  0.041  3.842 311.92
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.090  3.784 318.09      (L Dixon     ) 0.051  3.831 311.49
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.091  3.843 313.00      (B Vandergrif) 0.054  3.896 308.50
 Qualified:             #5  3.838 313.88                        #9  3.902 306.95

Bernstein is 3 - 1 against Langdon in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage and never trailed has Bernstein started to haze the tires and then dropped cylinders. Langdon will have lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink