Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 06:26 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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                       333 Shawn Langdon                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.060  3.838 320.43                     0.047  3.908 298.67
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C McClenatha) 0.065  3.858 310.05      (B Bernstein ) 0.041  3.842 311.92
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.090  3.802 321.96      (L Dixon     ) 0.051  3.831 311.49
E1    (M Strasburg ) 0.096  3.830 318.77      (B Vandergrif) 0.054  3.896 308.50
 Qualified:             #2  3.799 321.65                        #9  3.902 306.95

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,557 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Langdon with the starting line advantage and the lead until around 400 feet as he was dropping cylinders. Schumacher with a great pass straight down Broadway for the win. This is his 66th National event win and his fifth this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink