Sun, 01 Oct 2017, 14:24 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  142 Dom Lagana                             25 Clay Millican                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.730 326.87                     0.084  5.129 141.09
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Crampton  ) 0.048  3.727 325.69      (K Wurtzel   ) 0.117  3.664 328.06
 Qualified:             #8  3.713 326.24                        #1  3.631 330.39

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,154 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Lagana is 2 - 1 against Millican in prior events.

Lagana with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Millican was up in smoke early.

Lagana with another great pass for the win

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Antron Brown                            8 Tony Schumacher              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  3.692 331.12                     0.072  4.218 208.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T McMillen  ) 0.067  3.721 328.94      (T Buff      ) 0.076  3.693 324.75
 Qualified:             #6  3.693 330.55                        #3  3.680 327.66

Brown is 35 - 29 against Schumacher in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Schumacher started to haze the tires before the 330 foot mark and pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up.

Brown with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Steve Torrence                        777 Leah Pritchett               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  3.678 330.80                     0.073  8.484  67.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.037  3.675 329.58      (A Sanford   ) 0.070  3.672 332.75
 Qualified:             #7  3.696 329.58                        #2  3.670 329.10

Torrence is 7 - 4 against Pritchett in prior events.

Torrence with a great light and never trailed for the win.

Pritchett was up in smoke right at the hit.

Torrence with the quickest pass of the round and he will get lane choice over Brown in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Brittany Force                          2 Doug Kalitta                 
E2                   0.077  4.250 231.83     ****WINNER****  0.035  3.717 329.83
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Dakin     ) 0.085  3.644 332.26      (S Palmer    ) 0.069  3.845 275.34
 Qualified:             #5  3.690 329.34                        #4  3.681 331.85

Force is 10 - 8 against Kalitta in prior events.

Force after watching the three cars in the right lane lose traction, she decided to swap lanes.

Kalitta with a great light and never trailed for the win. Kalitta will have lane choice over Lagana in the semifinal.

Force was up in smoke by 300 feet and couldn't get to hook up.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink