Sun, 02 Oct 2016, 16:17 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pritchett                          7 Brittany Force               
E3                   0.056 10.304  80.50     ****WINNER****  0.061  3.731 325.06
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.058  3.701 325.45      (D Kalitta   ) 0.065 17.366  81.36
E1    (S Reed      ) 0.079  3.721 329.42      (L Dixon     ) 0.075  3.728 324.20
 Qualified:             #1  3.705 327.35                       #12  4.676 299.80

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 1,981 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Pritchett is 5 - 1 against Force in prior events. Pritchett with the starting line advantage and was up in smoke as soon as she hit the the throttle. force launched hard and was straight down the groove with a great pass to advance to the final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                            6 Shawn Langdon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.037  6.022 255.68                     0.042 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Millican  ) 0.047  3.688 328.62      (D Lagana    ) 0.062  3.735 330.31
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.038  3.715 327.98      (S Smith     ) 0.045  3.715 328.46
 Qualified:             #2  3.731 321.42                        #3  3.736 329.42

Brown is 22 - 14 against Langdon in prior events. Brown with a slight starting line advantage and then both are up in smoke right at the hit. Langdon pedaled it and banged it and the parachutes deployed and he stopped just before the finish line. Brown was up in smoke and pedaled it around seven times to get the win. He will give up lane choice to Force in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink