Sun, 06 Oct 2013, 15:58 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Shawn Langdon                           1 Antron Brown                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.058  3.779 323.81                     0.051  3.806 322.04
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Kalitta   ) 0.050  3.794 324.67      (S Massey    ) 0.040  3.831 320.74
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.047  3.823 322.73      (B Bernstein ) 0.016  3.847 321.50
E1    (L Pruett    ) 0.067  5.504 172.81      (B Torrence  ) 0.055  3.811 321.88
 Qualified:             #2  3.776 325.14                        #5  3.793 324.98

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 3,301 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Brown is 12 - 6 against Langdon in prior events and Brown is 1 - 0 against Langdon in prior final rounds. Brown with a slight starting line advantage, but Langdon had the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and just increased his lead from there on for the win. Shawn Langdon's MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 10 feet). Langdon wins his sixth Wally of the season and his seventh of his career. Langdon increases his point lead to 83 points over Doug Kalitta.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink