Sun, 20 Oct 2019, 12:28 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 24 Jordan Vandergriff 25 Clay Millican E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 3.746 321.12 0.061 4.099 219.72 Qualified: #6 3.713 324.59 #11 3.725 328.30Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.23 inches, adjusted altitude 2,667 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.
Millican is 2 - 1 against Vandergriff in prior events.
Vandergriff with the starting line advantage and the win.
Millican started to drop cylinders early and pushed out a head gasket with a quick fireball
around 330 feet.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 374 Austin Prock 8 Doug Kalitta E1 ****WINNER**** 0.052 3.688 334.40 0.068 3.812 316.15 Qualified: #7 3.714 328.38 #10 3.724 330.63Doug Kalitta won here in 2002 and 2013. His three round wins in Charlotte gave him 684 for his career and moved him past Kenny Bernstein and into seventh place on the all-time list.
Kalitta is 2 - 0 against Prock in prior events.
Prock with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Prock runs his career quickest pass and sets the track speed record. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.832 sec., 330ft-2.103, 660ft-2.966/294.56 mph.
Kalitta had a cylinder
out early...
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7211 Mike Salinas 415 Lee Callaway E1 0.178 3.856 318.69 ****WINNER**** 0.097 3.794 313.66 Qualified: #3 3.681 331.12 #14 3.808 312.28Mike Salinas starts the day in fifth place in the points. This is the 15th time this year he has started from the top half of the field. This is the first race for Lee Callaway in Top Fuel. He competed in 52 races in the alcohol classes.
Callaway with the starting line advantage and runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Vandergriff in the next round.
Salinas dropped a cylinder right at the hit and never got it to pick up.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Brittany Force 748 Cameron Ferre
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.694 330.31 0.092 3.984 269.19
Qualified: #1 3.651 331.28 #16 3.954 301.81
Brittany Force won this race in 2017. The No. 1 qualifier in Top Fuel hasn't lost here in the
first round since 2007. Cameron Ferre is making his 18th start in Top Fuel.Force is 2 - 0 against Ferre in prior events.
Force with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She started to drift out of the groove and over by the centerline on the top end.
Ferre
with a good clean pass in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Leah Pritchett 448 Kebin Kinsley E1 ****WINNER**** 0.075 3.724 324.12 0.062 3.822 263.51 Qualified: #2 3.681 332.10 #15 3.813 273.22Pritchett is 1 - 0 against Kinsley in prior events.
Kinsley with the starting line advantage
and the lead until just past the 1/8 mile mark where he dropped a cylinder or two. Pritchett
chased him down for the win. Leah Pritchett's MOV: 0.0854 seconds (approximately 33 feet). She
will give up lane choice to Prock in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 474 Billy Torrence 21 Terry McMillen E1 ****WINNER**** 0.078 3.733 327.35 0.096 3.756 325.77 Qualified: #5 3.712 330.47 #12 3.748 326.71Torrence is 3 - 2 against McMillen in prior events.
This was a good side-by-side drag race.
Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Billy Torrence's MOV: 0.0415 seconds (approximately 20 feet).
McMillen with a good looking pass in the losing
effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Steve Torrence 614 Shawn Reed
E1 0.069 3.733 319.52 ****WINNER**** 0.071 3.728 327.51
Qualified: #4 3.689 329.18 #13 3.762 323.12
Steve Torrence is the defending event champion. In the 32 year history of this race only two
drivers (Schumacher & McClenathan) have ever won it in back-to-back years. Shawn Reed is making
his 30th start. In his last 2 starts he has lost to members of the Torrence family, Steve in the
semi-finals at Seattle and Billy in the second round at Indy.Torrence is 7 - 1 against Reed in prior events.
Torrence with the slight starting line advantage, but Reed had the lead by 330
feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Reed with his quickest pass of the weekend for
the win in a close one. Shawn Reed's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 19 inches). He will have
lane choice Billy Torrence in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Antron Brown 58 Richie Crampton
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.743 329.58 0.074 4.330 186.61
Qualified: #8 3.717 327.82 #9 3.720 325.69
Antron Brown won this race twice. Richie Crampton won here in 2015.Brown is 11 - 5 against Crampton in prior events.
Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Crampton started to haze the tires early and clicked it off.
Brown will give up lane choice to
Force in the next round.
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