Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 12:45 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Antron Brown 5 Shawn Langdon
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.054 3.695 331.77 0.058 3.734 318.62
Qualified: #7 3.723 321.73 #10 3.859 265.43
Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 28.60
inches, adjusted altitude 3,153 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.Antron Brown won this race in 2011 in Top Fuel and he won it four times in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Antron's four round wins in Seattle gave him 663 for his career and moved him past Ron Capps and into 7th place on the all-time list.
Brown is 24 - 15 against Langdon in prior events.
Brown with a few ticks on the tree and never trailed for the win. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0432 seconds (approximately 20 feet). Brown with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
Langdon 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 25 Clay Millican 323 Chris Karamesines E1 ****WINNER**** 0.104 3.655 330.23 0.206 4.261 221.67 Qualified: #5 3.706 324.12 #12 4.261 264.80Millican is 1 - 0 against Karamesines in prior events.
Millican with the starting line advantage and launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the second quickest pass in the history of Top Fuel for the win. Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.822 sec., 330ft-2.066, 660ft-2.925/292.65 mph.
Karamesines started mixing up cylinders on the top end and clicked it
off, he matched his qualifying E.T. in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Leah Pritchett 723 Rob Passey E1 ****WINNER**** 0.085 3.709 325.30 0.105 4.321 247.75 Qualified: #1 3.640 330.63 #16 8.808 60.51Pritchett is 1 - 0 against Passey in prior events.
Pritchett with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. It appeared that it dropped a cylinder right in the lights.
Passey was dropping cylinders right at the hit, but he still makes his quickest pass of
the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Brittany Force 700 Steven Chrisman
E1 ****WINNER**** -0.077 3.728 327.03 -0.329 5.301 139.78
Qualified: #2 3.685 333.16 #15 4.845 156.88
Brittany Force is the defending event champion. In the 35 years of this event only Joe Amato
and Brandon Bernstein ever won the Top Fuel title here in back-to-back years. Force is 2 - 0 against Chrisman in prior events.
Chrisman double-stepped it and turned on the red light.
Force was straight down the groove with a good clean pass for the win. She will give up
lane choice to Brown in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Doug Kalitta 121 Terry Haddock
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.082 3.697 328.54 0.192 4.267 226.92
Qualified: #3 3.694 330.31 #14 4.581 182.87
Doug Kalitta won here in 2003 and 2005.Kalitta is 4 - 0 against Haddock in prior events.
Kalitta is out of the gate first and never trailed for the win. He was just a few ticks off his qualifying time in a great looking pass.
Haddock was dropping cylinders right at the hit and then
clicked it off early. He still runs his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort. He
must of used up an engine as the word from the top end is there is oil on the track. Terry Haddock
was charged with an oildown, #5 for the season. That will cost 15 points and $4K.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Tony Schumacher 301 Troy Coughlin Jr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.071 3.711 324.67 0.086 16.216 22.28
Qualified: #4 3.695 329.42 #13 4.359 179.44
Tony Schumacher has three wins at this event. Tony starts the day with 799 round wins. Only two
drivers, John Force and Warren Johnson, have won 800 or more rounds.Schumacher is 1 - 0 against Coughlin Jr. in prior events.
Schumacher with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He was straight down the groove...he will give up lane choice to Millican in the next round.
Coughlin Jr. was up in smoke right at the hit and then banged it as the chutes
deployed.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Steve Torrence 394 Luigi Novelli
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 3.726 328.62 0.128 6.418 98.82
Qualified: #6 3.709 330.15 #11 3.987 261.37
Torrence is 1 - 0 against Novelli in prior events. Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He was straight down the groove. Torrence will give up lane choice to Kalitta in the next round.
Novelli was up in smoke by 200 feet and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 5050 Scott Palmer 21 Terry McMillen E1 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.787 327.90 0.079 4.302 194.69 Qualified: #8 3.768 328.22 #9 3.814 310.84Palmer is 2 - 0 against McMillen in prior events.
Palmer with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He has a good, clean pass. He will give up lane choice to Pritchett in the next round.
McMillen was right there with him until around half track when the
engine went silent.
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