Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 16:47 PM Top Fuel Shootout Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Traxxas Top Fuel Shootout at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Doug Kalitta                            4 Shawn Langdon                
E1   ****WINNER**** -0.028  8.139  93.14                    -0.144 18.723  48.81
 Qualified:             #4 956                                  #5 951          

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.18 inches, adjusted altitude 3,619 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Langdon double stepped it and turned on the red light. Kalitta is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and pedaled it at least three times before he realized that he had the win and clicked it off around half track and coasted across for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  358 Richie Crampton                         6 Steve Torrence               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.083  3.977 280.78                     0.073  4.474 238.64
 Qualified:             #3 1,093                                #6 891          

Crampton with a new car here. Torrence with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke by 300 feet and smokes the tires until right in the lights when he clicked it off. Crampton had a cylinder out right at the hit, but stayed with it and then started to haze the tires right in the lights for the win. The word from the top end is there is oil in Torrence's lane, this is his first oil down of the season.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Antron Brown                            2 J.R. Todd                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  3.868 318.69                     0.093  4.462 188.83
 Qualified:             #2 1,295                                #7 890          

Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. The quickest pass of the day for the win and lane choice over Crampton in the semifinal. Todd was on a good pass until it overpowered the track just past half track and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                       255 Clay Millican                
E1                   0.083  3.906 316.01     ****WINNER****  0.058  3.897 299.26
 Qualified:             #1 1,348                                #8 764          

Millican with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Clay Millican's MOV: 0.0348 seconds (approximately 16 feet). Millican was shredding the blower belt right in the lights, but holds on for the win. Schumacher with a good pass, the third quickest pass of the day in the losing effort. Millican will have lane choice over Kalitta in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink