Sat, 20 Sep 2014, 15:06 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Pep Boys NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Tony Schumacher                       474 Billy Torrence               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.072  3.851 320.43                     0.098  5.989 107.15
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Vandergrif) 0.061  3.794 315.56      (P Dakin     ) 0.084  3.811 321.81
 Qualified:             #5  3.833 315.49                        #4  3.832 318.24

Schumacher is 1 - 0 against Torrence in prior events. Schumacher with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Torrence lost traction early and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  475 Steve Torrence                        777 Leah Pritchett               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  3.833 319.60                     0.061  4.490 189.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Crampton  ) 0.060  3.793 318.54      (B Force     ) 0.075  3.825 312.57
 Qualified:             #2  3.810 317.57                       #10  3.857 307.37

Torrence is 1 - 0 against Pritchett in prior events. Pritchett with the starting line advantage and then started mixing up cylinders early and clicked it off by half track. torrence with a nice pass, straight down the groove for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Spencer Massey                        373 J.R. Todd                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  3.874 317.42                     0.091  4.324 212.49
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Brown     ) 0.053  3.786 322.88      (C Millican  ) 0.073  3.798 320.05
 Qualified:             #8  3.851 319.37                        #1  3.804 317.64

Massey is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. He never trailed as todd lost traction and clicked it off early. Massey will give up lane choice to Schumacher in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Khalid alBalooshi                       4 Morgan Lucas                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.078  3.848 319.45                     0.114  3.988 250.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.052  3.780 317.57      (D Kalitta   ) 0.062  3.782 322.27
 Qualified:            #11  3.867 315.27                       #14  3.887 278.46

alBalooshi with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Lucas clicked it off early. alBalooshi will give up lane choice to Torrence in the semifinal.

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