Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 21:37 PM Top Fuel Shootout Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of final, round 3 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
    7 Antron Brown                            5 Doug Kalitta                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057  4.147 220.62                     0.066  6.588  86.46
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Crampton  ) 0.054  3.828 320.43      (C Millican  ) 0.064  3.946 307.44
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.060  3.868 318.69      (S Langdon   ) -0.028  8.139  93.14
 Qualified:             #2 1,295                                #4 956          

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 3,242 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Neither driver has won the Traxxas Top Fuel Shootout. Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Kalitta was up in smoke by 300 feet. Brown was up in smoke on the top end, but still collects the $100,000 check.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink