Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 15:54 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 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
  356 Tony Schumacher                         5 Billy Torrence               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.052  3.701 319.07                     0.066  3.753 325.92
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Foley     ) 0.071  3.735 327.43      (L Pruett    ) 0.063  3.708 331.61
E1    (C Ferre     ) 0.220  3.712 319.37      (J Morrison  ) 0.093  3.756 324.98
 Qualified:             #2  3.685 330.07                        #3  3.701 327.74

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 2,029 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Billy Torrence is 10 - 8 in semi-final matches. He beat Tony Schumacher last week in round 2 (it was their only meeting).

Tony is 149 - 82 in semi-final matches and 6 - 2 in semis in Houston.

Torrence is 5 - 2 against Schumacher in prior events.

Schumacher with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Schumacher with his quickest run of race day for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  123 Antron Brown                            1 Steve Torrence               
E3                   0.036  4.763 154.53     ****WINNER****  0.067  3.673 324.83
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Kalitta   ) 0.034  3.719 329.42      (S Langdon   ) 0.043  3.686 328.46
E1    (S Palmer    ) 0.059  3.731 324.12                     0.087  3.674 329.34
 Qualified:             #4  3.741 326.87                        #1  3.672 327.98

Antron Brown is 87 - 57 in semi-finals in TF and 5 -2 at this race. He is 30 - 15 against Steve Torrence.

Those 30 losses to Antron are, by far, the most for Steve against any opponent. Tony Schumacher has the 2nd most wins against Steve with 18.

Brown with a great light and the starting line advantage, but started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Torrence launched hard and was straight down the groove with the quickest pass of race day. He will have lane choice over Schumacher in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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