Sun, 28 Jul 2013, 19:27 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 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                            4 Shawn Langdon                
E4                   0.083  4.628 183.69     ****WINNER****  0.060  3.920 240.47
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Massey    ) 0.064  3.808 322.50      (A Brown     ) 0.056  3.804 324.98
E2    (D Grubnic   ) 0.077  4.296 266.16      (D Kalitta   ) 0.055  3.799 324.67
E1    (T Zizzo     ) 0.061  3.757 328.30      (B Vandergrif) 0.055  3.743 324.51
 Qualified:             #8  3.811 323.66                        #6  3.797 321.96

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.78 inches, adjusted altitude 1,803 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Langdon with the starting line advantage and the win when Lucas was up in smoke around 300 feet and he pedaled it, but couldn't run him down. Langdon was driving away with the win when the car started to haze the tires and then drop cylinders, but he held on for the win. Langdon with his fourth win this season and his fifth career win to increase his point lead to 102 points over spencer Massey.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink