Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 11:34 AM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Doug Kalitta 25 Clay Millican
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 3.721 330.07 0.063 3.721 324.59
Qualified: #8 3.706 332.75 #9 3.706 324.36
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.19
inches, adjusted altitude 2,636 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.Doug Kalitta has never won Indy but he has been runner-up three times including last year. This is his 21st start at this event and he is 13 - 7 in round one here. This is the 17th time that Clay Millican has competed at Indy.
Kalitta is 26 - 15 against Millican in prior events.
Kalitta with a slight starting line
advantage and wins on the hole shot win as they run identical elapsed times in a close one. Doug
Kalitta's MOV: 0.0036 seconds (approximately 21 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Leah Pritchett 614 Shawn Reed E1 0.094 20.604 20.91 ****WINNER**** 0.129 3.772 320.51 Qualified: #7 3.701 322.42 #10 3.714 326.00Pritchett is 5 - 0 against Reed in prior events.
Pritchett with the starting line advantage,
but is up in smoke right at the hit and bangs the blower. The chutes come out, Reed is straight
down the groove for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Antron Brown 24 Jordan Vandergriff
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.064 3.723 328.22 0.037 3.790 322.50
Qualified: #6 3.698 329.02 #11 3.717 324.36
Antron Brown has won this race three times, twice in the motorcycle class and once in Top Fuel.
Between the two classes this is his 22nd start and he is 16 - 5 in first round matches.Brown and Vandergriff have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.
Vandergriff with a great
light, but Brown has the lead by 400 feet and never trails from there on for the win. Antron
Brown's MOV: 0.0402 seconds (approximately 19 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Brittany Force 317 T.J. Zizzo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.077 3.701 327.66 0.081 3.801 323.12
Qualified: #1 3.645 332.26 #16 3.775 324.67
This is the 16th No. 1 spot for Brittany Force and she has gone on to win the race twice from
the top spot. Over the last six years at this race the No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel is just 3 - 3
in the first round, and since 1970 the top qualifier in the dragster class has only won Indy six
times. This is T.J. Zizzo's 14th time at Indy.Force with a slight starting line advantage and
never trailed for the win. She runs the quickest pass of race day for the win. She will have lane
choice over Kalitta in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 474 Billy Torrence 875 Wayne Newby E1 ****WINNER**** 0.064 3.731 326.87 0.076 5.401 129.16 Qualified: #2 3.655 333.33 #15 3.771 323.19This is the fifth start at Indy for Billy Torrence and the second time he has started from the No. 2 spot. He went to the semi-finals last year. This is the 12th start for Wayne Newby and his third at this event.
Torrence needs to win this round to keep his "Countdown to the Championship" hopes alive.
He does what he needs to do...he has the starting line advantage and never trails as
Newby is up in smoke early and clicks it off. Torrence will have lane choice over Reed in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Steve Torrence 21 Terry McMillen
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.049 3.734 326.71 0.068 3.781 325.85
Qualified: #3 3.656 331.12 #14 3.764 325.14
Steve Torrence won here in 2017 and he has been the runner-up three times. He also won in Top
Alcohol Dragster in 2005. He is 6 - 3 in round one at this race in Top Fuel. Terry McMillen is the
defending event champion. Torrence is 14 - 10 against McMillen in prior events.
Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trails for the win. Steve Torrence's MOV: 0.0666 seconds (approximately 32 feet). He will give up lane choice to Brown in the next round.
McMillen with a
good pass, but with the lost McMillen is out of the "Countdown to the Championship"
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7211 Mike Salinas 10 Scott Palmer E1 ****WINNER**** 0.096 3.714 328.94 0.086 8.232 89.44 Qualified: #4 3.681 331.20 #13 3.740 321.27Salinas is 6 - 0 against Palmer in prior events.
Palmer with the starting line advantage and is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off. That is the end of Palmer Top Ten hopes.
Salinas launched hard and was straight down the groove with the second quickest pass of
race day for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 58 Richie Crampton 374 Austin Prock E1 0.060 4.933 142.70 ****WINNER**** 0.045 3.712 330.15 Qualified: #5 3.696 326.32 #12 3.726 326.71Crampton is 2 - 1 against Prock in prior events.
Prock clinched a spot in the "Countdown to the Championship" yesterday by qualifying.
Prock with the starting line advantage and never
trailed for the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He runs the second
quickest pass of race day for the win and lane choice over Salinas by 0.002.
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