Mon, 02 Sep 2019, 15:22 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 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                          374 Austin Prock                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.058  3.766 328.22                     0.053  8.991  80.92
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Force     ) 0.046  3.757 327.98      (M Salinas   ) 0.050  3.948 304.39
E1    (C Millican  ) 0.060  3.721 330.07      (R Crampton  ) 0.045  3.712 330.15
 Qualified:             #8  3.706 332.75                       #12  3.726 326.71

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 3,022 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

This is the first time Kalitta and Prock have faced each other in eliminations.

Prock with the slight starting line advantage, but is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle.

Kalitta is straight down the groove with a good looking pass for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  474 Billy Torrence                          6 Antron Brown                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.081  3.757 324.44                     0.044  4.768 156.06
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Reed      ) 0.070  3.719 327.11      (S Torrence  ) 0.055  3.785 323.58
E1    (W Newby     ) 0.064  3.731 326.87      (J Vandergrif) 0.064  3.723 328.22
 Qualified:             #2  3.655 333.33                        #6  3.698 329.02

Brown is 5 - 2 against Torrence in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage, but Torrence has the lead by 330 feet and never trails from there on for the win. Brown started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Torrence will have lane choice in the final over Kalitta.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink