Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 17:28 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
    7 Tony Schumacher                       373 J.R. Todd                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.089  3.891 318.62                     0.075  4.134 251.49
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Buff      ) 0.088  3.930 309.06      (S Langdon   ) 0.086  4.253 237.13
E2    (B Vandergrif) 0.092  3.854 320.05      (S Massey    ) 0.086  3.864 316.67
E1    (L Pritchett ) 0.077  3.817 320.97      (M Lucas     ) 0.084  3.815 323.04
 Qualified:             #6  3.790 322.11                        #1  3.761 317.87

Weather conditions: air temperature 97 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.45 inches, adjusted altitude 3,866 feet, track temperature 138 degrees.

Schumacher is 10 - 6 against Todd in prior events and Todd is 3 - 1 against Schumacher in prior final rounds. Todd with the starting line advantage, but then starts the haze the tires and Schumacher blast straight down the groove to get the win. He doubles up here in Texas...this is his fourth win of the season and the 76th of his career. Schumacher with win has stretched his lead to 106 points over Torrence.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink