Sun, 18 Oct 2015, 16:12 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Steve Torrence                         25 Clay Millican                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.076  3.781 324.12                     0.091  4.810 153.32
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.064  3.735 326.95      (D Connolly  ) 0.076  3.772 320.51
E1    (L Dixon     ) 0.080  3.735 326.24      (T Schumacher) 0.084  3.748 321.35
 Qualified:             #5  3.756 323.12                        #9  3.774 317.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.73 inches, adjusted altitude 2,151 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Millican is 7 - 2 against Torrence in prior events. Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Millican dropped a cylinder early and then started to haze the tires before he clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Antron Brown                          358 Richie Crampton              
E3                   0.074  4.919 151.34     ****WINNER****  0.079  3.814 321.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Torrence  ) 0.066  3.732 324.20      (B Force     ) 0.071  4.005 294.95
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.057  3.716 324.51      (D Kalitta   ) 0.086  3.705 328.94
 Qualified:             #7  3.760 319.67                        #6  3.758 324.75

Brown is 5 - 1 against Crampton in prior events. Brown with a slight starting line advantage, but starts to smoke the tires early and clicks it off. Crampton is straight down the groove for the win, he will give up lane choice to Torrence in the final

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