Sun, 27 Sep 2020, 13:40 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   25 Clay Millican                         777 Leah Pruett                  
E2                   0.076  3.788 315.86     ****WINNER****  0.053  3.788 321.96
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.096  7.266  79.85      (J Morrison  ) 0.056  4.152 300.13
 Qualified:             #1  3.821 313.51                        #8  3.922 315.64

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 75 percent, barometer 29.75 inches, adjusted altitude 3,022 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Pruett is 10 - 8 against Millican in prior events.

Pruett with the starting line advantage and the hole shot win as they run identical E.T.s Leah Pruett's MOV: 0.0231 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Clay Millican's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.147, 660ft-3.034/285.11 mph.
Leah Pruett's incremental times: 60ft-0.853 sec., 330ft-2.145, 660ft-3.040/284.33 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Billy Torrence                        333 Shawn Langdon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.081  3.778 324.20                     0.047  3.847 315.49
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Paton     ) 0.069  3.851 319.98      (J Ashley    ) 0.053  3.849 301.54
 Qualified:             #2  3.828 320.28                        #7  3.880 315.93

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

Langdon with the starting line advantage, but Torrence has the difference made up by 250 feet and never trails form there on for the win. Billy Torrence's MOV: 0.0358 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

Langdon with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   21 Terry McMillen                        123 Antron Brown                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.827 310.63                     0.052  4.575 178.05
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kalitta   ) 0.066  3.747 321.27      (C Ferre     ) 0.120  3.821 325.06
 Qualified:            #11  4.724 162.96                        #3  3.831 320.36

Brown is 22 - 6 against McMillen in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage, but started to lose traction and he pedaled it. McMillen is straight down the groove for the win.

He will give up lane choice to Billy Torrence in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1301 Doug Foley                              1 Steve Torrence               
E2                   0.174  3.903 317.27     ****WINNER****  0.077  3.761 322.73
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Allen     ) 0.085  3.897 322.27      (T Schumacher) 0.068  3.787 319.45
 Qualified:             #5  3.868 321.19                        #4  3.867 318.54

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

Torrence with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. he runs low E.T. of the round for lane choice over Pruett in the semifinal.

Foley with a clean pass in the losing effort.

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