Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 17:41 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 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                           2 Antron Brown                 
E4                   0.055  4.035 279.38     ****WINNER****  0.046  3.844 315.42
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Vandergrif) 0.068  3.810 316.15      (S Torrence  ) 0.035  3.846 317.87
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.079  3.827 316.90      (T McMillen  ) 0.056  3.814 316.45
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.049  3.785 318.02      (B Force     ) 0.042  3.799 319.22
 Qualified:             #5  3.780 320.97                        #6  3.782 319.14

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,852 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Brown is 16 - 8 against Langdon in prior events and Brown is 2 - 1 against Langdon in prior final rounds. Brown with the starting line advantage and the lead until right before half track when the car started to haze the tires and drop cylinders. Brown was s straight down the groove with a great looking pass to take the win. This is Brown's 47th National event win and sixth win this year. This is his 31st Top Fuel win...Brown with the win move back into fourth place in the points and he has won every year since NHRA came back here.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink