Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 12:17 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1301 Doug Foley                             25 Clay Millican                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.110  3.803 323.04                     0.077  3.843 306.26
 Qualified:            #10  3.913 301.87                        #7  3.802 276.58

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,499 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Foley and Millican have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.

Millican with the starting line advantage, but dropped a cylinder early, he stayed with it. Foley chased him down right in the lights for the win in a close one. Doug Foley's MOV: 0.0072 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Foley with his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  415 Lee Callaway                          777 Leah Pruett                  
E1                   0.073  6.222  96.74     ****WINNER****  0.069  3.745 321.65
 Qualified:            #11  4.131 224.88                        #6  3.767 324.20

This is the first time Callaway and Pruett have faced each other in eliminations.

Pruett with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. she runs her quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Callaway dropped a cylinder right at the hit and then was up in smoke before he clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  448 Kebin Kinsley                           2 Doug Kalitta                 
E1                   0.081  6.874  96.34     ****WINNER****  0.070  3.716 327.27
 Qualified:            #12  5.235 132.11                        #5  3.764 269.78

Kalitta is 2 - 0 against Kinsley in prior events.

Kalitta with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs his quickest and fastest of the weekend for the win.

Kinsley is up in smoke by 330 feet and clicked it off. Apparently he used up an engine on the top end as there is oil on the track. Kebin Kinsley was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season. That will cost 5 points.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5050 Scott Palmer                          123 Antron Brown                 
E1                   0.075  4.283 197.10     ****WINNER****  0.059  3.731 324.12
 Qualified:            #13  6.440  99.46                        #4  3.741 326.87

Brown is 12 - 2 against Palmer in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Brown with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Kalitta in the next round.

Palmer started to mix up cylinders and clicked it off just past half track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  748 Cameron Ferre                         356 Tony Schumacher              
E1                  -0.339 10.207  70.21     ****WINNER****  0.220  3.712 319.37
 Qualified:            #15 10.492  70.27                        #2  3.685 330.07

Ferre is 1 - 0 against Schumacher in prior events. Ferre is in the unique group of drivers that got their first round win against Schumacher.

Ferre went red to give Schumacher the win.

Schumacher is straight down the groove with a good clean pass for the win. He runs low E.T. of race day. He will have lane choice over Foley in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   1 Steve Torrence               
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.087  3.674 329.34
 Qualified:                                                       #1  3.672 327.98

Torrence with the bye...Torrence launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest and fastest pass of race day.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  171 Joe Morrison                            5 Billy Torrence               
E1                   0.067  4.177 248.11     ****WINNER****  0.093  3.756 324.98
 Qualified:            #14  7.028  89.62                        #3  3.701 327.74

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

Morrison with the starting line advantage, he was dropping cylinders right at the hit. it really started to mix them up just past half track. The word from the top end is there is oil. Joe Morrison was charged with an oildown, #2 for the season. That will cost 10 points.

Torrence is straight down the groove with a good looking pass for the win. He will give up lane choice to Pruett in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1211 Justin Ashley                         333 Shawn Langdon                
E1                   0.037  4.741 169.72     ****WINNER****  0.031  3.720 327.59
 Qualified:             #9  3.881 256.99                        #8  3.812 269.67

Langdon is 3 - 2 against Ashley in prior events.

Langdon with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to Steve Torrence in the next round.

Ashley started to haze the tires right st the hit and pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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