Sun, 29 Sep 2013, 14:17 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                          255 Clay Millican                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.058  3.805 321.58                     0.071  4.837 134.52
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Torrence  ) 0.054  3.827 321.73      (S Massey    ) 0.054  4.172 207.18
 Qualified:             #6  3.796 318.24                        #3  3.786 322.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.60 inches, adjusted altitude 1,987 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Brown is 8 - 0 against Millican in prior events. Brown is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. Brown improves on his earlier run today for the win. Millican started to haze the tires and then drop cylinders before he clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Khalid alBalooshi                     745 Brittany Force               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.111  3.816 322.88                     0.090  4.887 145.96
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Vandergrif) 0.092  3.806 322.50      (B Bernstein ) 0.086  3.825 317.34
 Qualified:             #4  3.794 322.81                        #5  3.795 308.92

alBalooshi is 2 - 0 against Force in prior events. Force with the starting line advantage and then started to smoke the tires as alBalooshi drove by her around 330 feet. alBalooshi is just a tick off his time from earlier today for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   34 Morgan Lucas                            2 Tony Schumacher              
E2                  -0.072  3.824 322.11     ****WINNER****  0.047  3.784 322.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kalitta   ) 0.057  3.776 324.20      (T McMillen  ) 0.059  3.796 324.28
 Qualified:             #7  3.801 325.85                        #2  3.782 327.74

Schumacher is 30 - 10 against Lucas in prior events. Lucas is too quick on the tree and turned on the red light. Schumacher launched hard and was straight down the groove that a lot of the teams have struggled with today. Schumacher with the quickest pass of the round and he will have lane choice over Brown in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shawn Langdon                          44 David Grubnic                
E2                   0.075  4.192 238.76     ****WINNER****  0.071  3.860 319.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Buff      ) 0.062  3.761 326.16      (S Torrence  ) 0.068  4.138 261.27
 Qualified:             #1  3.761 326.40                        #8  3.818 323.58

Langdon is 6 - 4 against Grubnic in prior events. Grubnic with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed as Langdon started smoke the tires around 400 feet and Grubnic takes the win. Grubnic will give up lane choice to alBalooshi in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink