Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 20:19 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Tony Schumacher                        99 Del Worsham                  
E4                   0.046  3.799 321.50     ****WINNER****  0.034  3.796 318.02
 Prior rounds:
E3    (L Dixon     ) 0.042  3.823 322.19      (S Massey    ) 0.050  3.800 322.27
E2    (B Bernstein ) 0.062  3.826 322.65      (D Grubnic   ) 0.059  3.850 316.60
E1    (C Millican  ) 0.096  3.801 325.53      (M Ashley    ) 0.069  3.865 316.08
 Qualified:             #3  3.801 322.19                        #1  3.773 320.05

5:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 28.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,464 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Worsham gets away first with a 0.012 advantage and both cars run their best of eliminations with just a 0.003 difference in ET. Both cars are running over 280 MPH at half track. That gives the Al-Anabi Team another win to re-enforce the Championship they won the round before.

What a great race to wrap up the 2011 season!

Del Worsham's incremental margins: 60ft(0.012), 330 ft(0.019), 660ft(0.021). MOV: 0.0150 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Tony Schumacher's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.152, 660ft-3.047/283.19 mph.
Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.849 sec., 330ft-2.145, 660ft-3.038/282.54 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink