Sun, 28 Apr 2013, 12:48 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 26th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 475 Steve Torrence 34 Morgan Lucas E1 0.073 7.211 95.62 ****WINNER**** 0.081 4.190 292.52 Qualified: #8 3.833 317.42 #9 3.841 311.41Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,074 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.
Torrence and Lucas have each
won 5 times against the other in prior events. They swapped lanes right at the last moment.
Torrence is out of the gate first and is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and pedals it,
but can't get it to hook up. Lucas started dropping cylinders on the top end, but holds on for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Spencer Massey 5 Brandon Bernstein
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.069 3.941 268.49 0.090 7.935 56.69
Qualified: #7 3.826 316.90 #10 3.866 318.77
Bernstein is 7 - 5 against Massey in prior events. Massey is out of the gate first and never
trails as Bernstein is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and bangs the blower.
Bernstein's chute is out and coast to the finish line. Right in the lights Massey bang the blower
and the word from the top end is there is oil in Massey's lane. That will cost him 10
points.Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 317 T.J. Zizzo 91 Larry Dixon E1 0.114 4.924 203.40 ****WINNER**** 0.076 4.878 265.27 Qualified: #12 3.884 316.30 #5 3.819 322.04Dixon is 4 - 0 against Zizzo in prior events. This is Larry Dixon's 5th race of the year and the first time this year that he is starting from the top half of the field. The last time he went that long without being in the top half of the field was in 1998. Dixon is out of the gate first and then is up in smoke and is off the throttle and lets the car settle down. Zizzo is up in smoke after Dixon and attempts to drive through it, but can't get it to hook up. Dixon got it to hook back up and takes the win by 0.0848 seconds (approximately 25 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 99 Khalid alBalooshi 373 J.R. Todd E1 ****WINNER**** 0.093 3.869 321.96 0.066 4.758 202.39 Qualified: #2 3.794 325.22 #15 3.965 298.54alBalooshi is 1 - 0 against Todd in prior events. This is the best start for Khalid alBalooshi. Todd is out of the gate first and then is up in smoke and clicked it off. alBalooshi with a great looking pass to go to the next round. He will have lane choice over Massey in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 22 Doug Kalitta 497 Troy Buff E1 ****WINNER**** 0.080 3.868 315.93 0.078 5.168 132.82 Qualified: #1 3.791 321.65 #16 4.060 258.32Kalitta is 4 - 0 against Buff in prior events. This is Doug Kalitta's 34th #1 and third of the year. He hasn't won from the top spot in his last 14 tries. His last win form the top spot was in Sonoma in 2004. Doug is 28-5 in the first round when he is #1. They leave together, but then Buff started to haze the tires and clicked it off. Kalitta was on a real good pass until right in the lights when it started to drop some cylinders. He will have lane choice over Lucas in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Shawn Langdon 2 Tony Schumacher
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 3.846 319.98 0.046 4.666 169.17
Qualified: #3 3.794 323.19 #14 3.906 316.30
Schumacher is 10 - 6 against Langdon in prior events. Schumacher with the starting line
advantage, but Langdon has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Langdon with the
quickest pass of the round. Schumacher started to haze the tires around half track and pedaled
it.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Antron Brown 8 Bob Vandergriff
E1 0.055 4.902 158.19 ****WINNER**** 0.050 4.181 260.71
Qualified: #4 3.816 314.83 #13 3.893 313.95
Brown is 9 - 1 against Vandergriff in prior events. Vandergriff with the starting line
advantage and never trailed for the win. Brown is up in smoke right off the starting line and
pedals it, but can't get it to hook up. Vandergriff stared to haze the tires just past half track,
but drove through it. Vandergriff will have lane choice over Dixon in round two.Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 44 David Grubnic 21 Terry McMillen E1 0.066 4.349 241.45 ****WINNER**** 0.140 4.275 242.63 Qualified: #6 3.823 318.69 #11 3.874 326.71Grubnic is 3 - 1 against McMillen in prior events. Grubnic with a big starting line advantage and then starts dropping cylinders and never get them to pick back up. McMillen starts to haze the tires right in the lights, but still is able to chase him down right in the lights. Terry McMillen's MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 2 inches). McMillen will give up lane choice to Langdon in the next round.
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