Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 16:15 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Shawn Langdon                           9 Bob Vandergriff              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.810 316.15                     0.068  9.901  85.99
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.079  3.827 316.90      (D Kalitta   ) 0.087  4.736 281.25
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.049  3.785 318.02      (S Massey    ) 0.081  3.841 319.37
 Qualified:             #5  3.780 320.97                        #8  3.798 323.89

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.61 inches, adjusted altitude 2,859 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Langdon is 15 - 2 against Vandergriff in prior events. They leave together and Vandergriff is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle. Langdon with a real nice pass, straight down the groove for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Antron Brown                          475 Steve Torrence               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.035  3.846 317.87                     0.091  3.817 324.36
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T McMillen  ) 0.056  3.814 316.45      (K Wurtzel   ) 0.091  3.865 321.35
E1    (B Force     ) 0.042  3.799 319.22      (K alBalooshi) 0.077  3.781 325.61
 Qualified:             #6  3.782 319.14                        #7  3.786 322.42

Brown is 13 - 0 against Torrence in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Brown launched hard and never trailed for the win by 0.0273 seconds (approximately 13 feet). Brown will give up lane choice to Langdon in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink