Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 08:38 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Del Worsham                           421 Spencer Massey               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.061  3.823 318.77                     0.051  3.834 323.74
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Brown     ) 0.050  3.878 314.02      (B Bernstein ) 0.052  3.890 318.62
E2    (D Grubnic   ) 0.081  3.860 319.14      (R Fuller    ) 0.056  3.895 320.13
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.050  3.856 314.02      (R August Jr ) -0.054  3.830 324.75
 Qualified:             #1  3.796 322.88                        #2  3.824 324.67

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 4,332 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Worsham is 6 - 4 against Massey in prior events and Massey is 2 - 1 against Worsham in prior final rounds. Massey with the starting line advantage, but worsham has the lead by 400 feet and then holds on for the win by 0.0018 seconds (approximately 10 inches). Worsham now trails Massey by two points. This is Worsham's seventh top Fuel win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink