Sun, 19 Jun 2011, 07:34 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Antron Brown                            2 Tony Schumacher              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.044  3.832 321.04                     0.055  3.872 320.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Karamesine) -0.012  3.876 314.02      (B Bernstein ) 0.047  3.869 319.29
E1    (B Vandergrif) 0.059  3.918 309.56      (S Langdon   ) 0.035  3.883 322.34
 Qualified:             #5  3.864 317.12                        #8  3.887 318.92

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 28.28 inches, adjusted altitude 4,012 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Brown is 12 - 11 against Schumacher in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed to go to the final. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0516 seconds (approximately 24 feet). This was a great drag race.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Larry Dixon                           421 Spencer Massey               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.051  3.843 317.64                     0.034  3.866 320.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Lucas     ) 0.034  3.883 316.15      (D Worsham   ) 0.040  3.844 320.97
E1    (R Fuller    ) 0.063  3.883 314.90      (P Dakin     ) 0.065  3.871 318.62
 Qualified:             #2  3.831 319.37                        #3  3.852 320.74

Massey is 4 - 3 against Dixon in prior events. Massey with the starting line advantage , but Dixon has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree. Now this was a great drag race. Larry Dixon's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Larry Dixon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.004), 330 ft(0.014), 660ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Larry Dixon's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.174, 660ft-3.081/279.27 mph.
Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.205, 660ft-3.107/280.31 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink