Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 18:56 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pritchett                        474 Billy Torrence               
E4                   0.071  9.568  75.68     ****WINNER****  0.073  3.965 326.40
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Brown     ) 0.052  3.721 332.10      (J Vandergrif) 0.062  3.709 328.70
E2    (T McMillen  ) 0.072  3.731 308.64      (M Salinas   ) 0.070  3.687 329.58
E1    (C Ferre     ) 0.109  3.722 329.67      (T Totten    ) 0.074  3.736 329.42
 Qualified:             #7  3.744 282.42                        #1  3.667 328.46

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,435 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

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

Pritchett with a couple ticks on the tree, but was up in smoke right at the hit and that was the end of her day.

Torrence started to haze the tires and made a quick pedal job and got it to hook up and takes the win. This is his second National event win. Torrence with the win leaves with the points lead.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink