Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 15:39 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   72 Mike Strasburg                          3 Spencer Massey               
E2                   0.088  5.213 138.77     ****WINNER****  0.067  3.996 305.91
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Torrence  ) 0.078  4.062 281.13      (C Millican  ) 0.044  3.970 311.99
 Qualified:            #16  4.174 283.97                        #9  4.002 307.51

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 24.17 inches, adjusted altitude 9,585 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Massey is 2 - 1 against Strasburg in prior events. Massey is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. Strasburg started to drift out of the groove and then started to lose traction.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   22 Doug Kalitta                            2 Tony Schumacher              
E2                   0.058  4.270 252.99     ****WINNER****  0.063  4.159 289.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Lucas     ) 0.065  3.974 305.42      (D Grubnic   ) 0.098  3.953 314.39
 Qualified:             #2  3.889 310.13                       #10  4.007 306.74

Schumacher is 38 - 26 against Kalitta in prior events. Kalitta with a slight starting line advantage, but is up in smoke and Schumacher gets the win. Schumacher drops a hole right at the hit and picks it up and then is dropping cylinders on the top end, but still gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Bob Vandergriff                       745 Brittany Force               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.072  4.014 304.19                     0.086  4.043 297.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.071  4.032 292.52      (S Palmer    ) 0.089  3.947 310.13
 Qualified:             #6  3.949 302.14                        #3  3.918 309.63

Vandergriff is 1 - 0 against Force in prior events. Vandergriff with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Bob Vandergriff's MOV: 0.0435 seconds (approximately 19 feet). Force dropped a cylinder early and never got it to pick it up. Vandergriff will have lane choice over Schumacher in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Brandon Bernstein                       4 Shawn Langdon                
E2                   0.073  4.895 157.78     ****WINNER****  0.044  4.090 270.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K alBalooshi) 0.092  3.949 307.16      (A Brown     ) 0.050  3.921 310.34
 Qualified:            #13  4.108 251.49                        #5  3.935 315.12

Langdon is 7 - 5 against Bernstein in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Massey in the semifinal. Bernstein had hole out right at the hit and then started to smoke the tires to end his weekend. Langdon was hazing the tires around half track, but still got the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink