Sun, 28 Jul 2013, 17:45 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 26th annual NHRA Sonoma Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Morgan Lucas                            3 Spencer Massey               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.064  3.808 322.50                     0.055  3.832 317.72
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Grubnic   ) 0.077  4.296 266.16      (K alBalooshi) 0.059  3.822 324.59
E1    (T Zizzo     ) 0.061  3.757 328.30      (T Schumacher) 0.068  4.291 242.71
 Qualified:             #8  3.811 323.66                        #5  3.793 314.17

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 1,773 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Massey with the slight starting line advantage, but Lucas chased him down around half track and took the win by 0.0158 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                            4 Shawn Langdon                
E3                   0.064  5.346 114.57     ****WINNER****  0.056  3.804 324.98
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Johnson Jr) 0.066  3.835 314.31      (D Kalitta   ) 0.055  3.799 324.67
E1    (C Millican  ) 0.065  3.787 322.58      (B Vandergrif) 0.055  3.743 324.51
 Qualified:             #7  3.803 320.66                        #6  3.797 321.96

Brown is 12 - 5 against Langdon in prior events. Langdon with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Langdon will have lane choice in the final. Brown started to smoke the tires and he pedaled it and when he did the engine let go with a big fireball explosion,

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink