Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 11:02 AM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Larry Dixon                           421 Spencer Massey               
E3                   0.066  3.784 322.11     ****WINNER****  0.040  3.773 322.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.070  3.786 323.43      (T Schumacher) 0.052  3.778 324.90
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.067  3.795 324.36      (D Lagana    ) 0.055  3.783 311.85
 Qualified:             #2  3.769 323.43                        #3  3.771 316.82

Weather conditions: air temperature 55 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 807 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

Massey is 7 - 5 against Dixon in prior events. Massey is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. Spencer Massey's MOV: 0.0379 seconds (approximately 18 feet). This was a great drag race...

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Del Worsham                            44 David Grubnic                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.080  3.777 321.96                     0.111  3.830 313.80
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Millican  ) 0.068  3.764 322.65      (A Brown     ) 0.089  3.824 315.19
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.063  3.760 322.96      (M Lucas     ) 0.085  3.828 309.34
 Qualified:             #4  3.780 327.90                        #9  3.818 316.97

Worsham is 3 - 0 against Grubnic in prior events. Worsham with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Del Worsham's MOV: 0.0847 seconds (approximately 39 feet). Worsham will give up lane choice to Massey in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink