Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 14:16 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA SpringNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                           12 Bob Vandergriff              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  3.766 326.00                     0.087  3.778 323.89
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.078  3.752 321.04      (S Langdon   ) 0.085  3.770 323.43
 Qualified:             #2  3.723 322.50                        #7  3.781 320.43

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 1,348 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.

Brown is 14 - 4 against Vandergriff in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0496 seconds (approximately 24 feet).

That was good looking drag race as both drivers have real nice passes.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   25 Clay Millican                           8 Tony Schumacher              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.079  3.784 320.97                     0.085  3.779 317.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Chrisman  ) 0.079  3.729 326.79      (T Buff      ) 0.088  3.758 322.11
 Qualified:             #1  3.722 325.69                        #8  3.783 316.67

Schumacher is 30 - 6 against Millican in prior events.

Millican with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Clay Millican's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.013), 330 ft(0.011), 660ft(0.000). MOV: 0.0013 seconds (approximately 7 inches). Schumacher had chased down Millican at the 1/8th mile and then it dropped a cylinder on the top end and Millican gets the win.

Schumacher with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Steve Torrence                        301 Troy Coughlin Jr.            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.067  3.755 324.20                     0.110  6.779  93.70
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Reed      ) 0.089  3.748 324.20      (B Force     ) 0.071  3.852 277.20
 Qualified:             #4  3.743 321.19                       #12  3.862 316.82

This is the first time Torrence and Coughlin Jr. have faced each other in eliminations.

Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Coughlin Jr. is up in smoke right off the starting line. Torrence with a great looking pass for the win and lane choice over Millican in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pritchett                          2 Doug Kalitta                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.059  3.763 324.05                     0.072  3.759 326.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Palmer    ) 0.102  3.748 324.59      (T McMillen  ) 0.093  3.761 325.06
 Qualified:             #6  3.747 326.87                        #3  3.731 327.03

Kalitta is 9 - 2 against Pritchett in prior events.

Pritchett with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Leah Pritchett's MOV: 0.0098 seconds (approximately 5 feet). She will have lane choice over Brown in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink