Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 18:09 PM Top Fuel Shootout Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 2 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
  255 Clay Millican                           5 Doug Kalitta                 
E2                   0.081  4.067 270.59     ****WINNER****  0.064  3.946 307.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Schumacher) 0.058  3.897 299.26      (S Langdon   ) -0.028  8.139  93.14
 Qualified:             #8 764                                  #4 956          

Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.17 inches, adjusted altitude 3,562 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Kalitta with the starting line advantage, but at 330 feet Millican had the lead, but then started to haze the tires. Kalitta with the lead at half track and then he hazed the tires on the top end but holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Antron Brown                          358 Richie Crampton              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.054  3.828 320.43                     0.093  4.225 233.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.060  3.868 318.69      (S Torrence  ) 0.083  3.977 280.78
 Qualified:             #2 1,295                                #3 1,093        

Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed as Crampton was up in smoke early. Brown with the quickest pass of the day and he will have lane choice over Kalitta in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink