Sun, 20 Sep 2015, 16:30 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Schumacher                         7 Antron Brown                 
E3                   0.049 10.556  72.86     ****WINNER****  0.047  3.853 311.85
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kalitta   ) 0.033  3.865 318.92      (S Torrence  ) 0.045  3.823 314.90
E1    (C Karamesine) 0.099  3.844 321.19      (T McMillen  ) 0.098  3.849 312.64
 Qualified:             #2  3.774 319.75                        #6  3.852 298.80

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 3,608 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Brown is 30 - 24 against Schumacher in prior events. Brown with the starting line advantage and never traield as Schumacher was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pritchett                          2 J.R. Todd                    
E3                   0.043  3.878 309.49     ****WINNER****  0.059  3.848 312.21
 Prior rounds:
E2    (L Dixon     ) 0.077  4.095 271.68      (C Millican  ) 0.065  3.929 298.21
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.067  3.814 318.09      (S Langdon   ) 0.065  4.516 228.11
 Qualified:             #4  3.803 319.45                        #8  3.860 314.61

Pritchett and Todd have each won 2 times against the other in prior events. Pritchett with the starting line advantage, but Todd grabs the lead around 300 feet and never trails from there on for the win. J.R. Todd's MOV: 0.0144 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Todd will have lane choice over Brown in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink