Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 07:34 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  142 Dom Lagana                              3 Antron Brown                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.076  3.892 312.06                     0.058  3.951 283.13
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Dixon     ) 0.056  3.967 305.63      (M Mariani   ) 0.066  3.875 318.09
E1    (C Millican  ) 0.079  3.910 313.29      (T Zizzo     ) 0.066  3.896 309.91
 Qualified:            #11  3.928 309.27                       #10  3.911 311.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,703 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Brown with the starting line advantage and the lead until right in the lights when Lagana chases him down for the win. Dom Lagana's MOV: 0.0410 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Lagana is going to his first final round in only his fifth National event.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   44 David Grubnic                           1 Tony Schumacher              
E3                   0.079  3.993 238.64     ****WINNER****  0.060  3.808 323.12
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.069  4.386 269.78      (S Langdon   ) 0.062  3.820 325.61
E1    (S Palmer    ) 0.121  3.846 317.49      (B Vandergrif) 0.090  3.794 324.51
 Qualified:             #4  3.838 318.32                        #1  3.812 325.14

Schumacher is 29 - 7 against Grubnic in prior events. Schumacher is out of the gate first and never trailed with another great pass. Schumacher will have lane choice over Lagana in the final. Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.836 sec., 330ft-2.154, 660ft-3.057/281.25 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink