Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 15:54 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                               1 Shawn Langdon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.086  4.253 237.13                     0.103  4.320 270.32
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Massey    ) 0.086  3.864 316.67      (S Torrence  ) 0.078  4.622 234.78
E1    (M Lucas     ) 0.084  3.815 323.04      (A Brown     ) 0.093  3.805 321.19
 Qualified:             #1  3.761 317.87                        #4  3.774 320.36

Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.47 inches, adjusted altitude 3,505 feet, track temperature 139 degrees.

Langdon is 3 - 1 against Todd in prior events. Todd is out of the gate first and then started to smoke the tires and he pedaled it and then started mixing up cylinders and used up the engine, ut held on for the win. Langdon started to haze the tires and pedaled it and started to haze the tires again, but then got it to hook up, but ran out of room. J.R. Todd's MOV: 0.0841 seconds (approximately 33 feet). Todd is going to his second final round of the year and the 10th of his career.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Tony Schumacher                       497 Troy Buff                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.088  3.930 309.06                     0.099  4.889 160.16
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.092  3.854 320.05      (L Dixon     ) 0.074  3.961 293.73
E1    (L Pritchett ) 0.077  3.817 320.97      (D Kalitta   ) 0.083  3.841 311.05
 Qualified:             #6  3.790 322.11                       #15  3.965 296.50

Schumacher is 8 - 0 against Buff in prior events. This is the second time this year Buff has made it to the semifinals and the third time in his career. Schumacher is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. He is going to his fourth final round of the year and the 129th of his career. Buff started to haze the tires around 100 feet and he pedaled it only to be back up in smoke before he gave up on the run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink