Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 01:38 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Langdon                          34 Morgan Lucas                 
E2                   0.055  7.998  88.89     ****WINNER****  0.026  3.964 296.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Palmer    ) -0.072  9.747  78.34      (D Grubnic   ) 0.060  3.908 303.71
 Qualified:             #4  3.859 313.66                        #5  3.860 313.88

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,934 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Lucas is 5 - 0 against Langdon in prior events. Lucas was out of the gate first and never trailed as Lucas never trailed for the win. Langdon was up in smoke right off the starting line and clicked it off. Lucas was dropping a cylinder or two as he crossed the finish line.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Tony Schumacher                       421 Spencer Massey               
E2                   0.062  3.926 295.79     ****WINNER****  0.048  3.926 297.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.099  3.894 312.28      (T McMillen  ) 0.062  3.869 304.94
 Qualified:             #2  3.848 316.30                        #7  3.886 315.12

Massey is 4 - 2 against Schumacher in prior events. Massey with the slight starting line advantage and that was the difference in the race as he gets the hole shot win. Spencer Massey's MOV: 0.0143 seconds (approximately 6 feet). This was a great drag race...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Brandon Bernstein                       1 Larry Dixon                  
E2                   0.097  3.880 311.99     ****WINNER****  0.075  3.891 299.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (I  Maier    ) 0.107  3.884 313.37      (B Vandergrif) 0.084  3.866 311.63
 Qualified:             #3  3.857 315.71                        #6  3.877 306.12

Bernstein and Dixon have each won 18 times against the other in prior events. Dixon with a slight starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Larry Dixon's MOV: 0.0116 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Dixon will have lane choice in the semifinal over Massey. Another great drag race...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Del Worsham                             4 Antron Brown                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.063  3.894 294.75                     0.069  3.922 296.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Novelli   ) 0.077  3.866 313.88      (D Kalitta   ) 0.064  3.865 313.95
 Qualified:             #1  3.798 318.54                        #9  3.907 287.78

Worsham is 1 - 0 against Brown in prior events. Worsham with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the won by about 15 feet. Worsham will have lane choice over Massey in the next round.

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