Sun, 26 Feb 2017, 16:37 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Brittany Force                          8 Tony Schumacher              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.096  3.701 329.26                     0.066  4.722 154.21
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.068  3.707 327.90      (S Palmer    ) 0.094  3.697 326.95
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.082  3.676 328.94      (T Haddock   ) 0.080  3.684 329.91
 Qualified:             #7  3.703 329.42                        #3  3.667 323.89

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 2,730 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Schumacher is 7 - 4 against Force in prior events.

Schumacher with the starting line advantage, but then slows. Force with the lead by 200 feet and never trailed from there on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  614 Shawn Reed                            777 Leah Pritchett               
E3                   0.115  3.944 263.00     ****WINNER****  0.095  3.729 324.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Torrence  ) 0.083  3.822 315.86      (C Millican  ) 0.117  3.692 328.94
E1    (D Kalitta   ) 0.094  3.929 276.35                     0.066  3.694 326.48
 Qualified:            #12  3.836 307.72                        #1  3.658 329.34

Pritchett is 2 - 0 against Reed in prior events.

Pritchett with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She was straight down the groove with a good pass. She will give up lane choice to Force in a rematch of the final here last year.

Reed had a hole out right at the hit and never got it to pick back up.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink