Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 05:58 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Larry Dixon                             8 Steve Torrence               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.103  4.066 276.52                     0.099  4.076 296.11
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.085  3.998 293.09      (B Bernstein ) 0.077  3.983 297.42
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.164  3.962 301.94      (T Buff      ) 0.099  3.976 300.06
 Qualified:             #1  3.919 303.84                       #13  4.062 286.19

Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.61 inches, adjusted altitude 3,990 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Dixon is 8 - 0 against Torrence in prior events. Torrence with a slight starting line advantage and then appeared he had a quick pedal job around 330 feet...Dixon started mixing up the cylinders on the to end, but Torrence wasn't able to chase him down. Larry Dixon's MOV: 0.0064 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Antron Brown                            2 Tony Schumacher              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054  3.985 298.60                     0.083  3.970 299.46
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Worsham   ) 0.051  4.018 296.70      (S Langdon   ) 0.081  3.980 300.46
E1    (D Grubnic   ) 0.055  3.943 305.56      (M Strasburg ) 0.093  3.950 306.46
 Qualified:             #6  3.988 283.97                        #2  3.921 301.27

Brown is 16 - 12 against Schumacher in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0142 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Brown will have lane choice over Dixon in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink