Mon, 24 May 2021, 12:46 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Steve Torrence                             Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.247  3.711 327.66     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M King      ) 0.063  4.047 261.07   
 Qualified:             #1  3.727 326.48                     Bye

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 100 percent, barometer 30.09 inches, adjusted altitude 2,139 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Torrence with the bye.

He launched hard and kept it hooked up to improve on his qualifying time.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Justin Ashley                         333 Shawn Langdon                
E2                   0.079  3.781 321.50     ****WINNER****  0.046  3.797 318.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Pruett    ) 0.039  3.770 317.79      (J Hart      ) 0.048  3.803 304.94
 Qualified:            #13  8.329  83.12                        #7  4.407 179.92

Langdon is 4 - 2 against Ashley in prior events.

Langdon with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Shawn Langdon's MOV: 0.0171 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Langdon with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Doug Kalitta                            5 Antron Brown                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  3.778 291.57                     0.054  5.889 116.72
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Force     ) 0.045  3.765 281.01      (L Callaway  ) 0.082  4.142 207.98
 Qualified:             #9  4.548 168.68                        #3  3.749 325.22

Brown is 36 - 26 against Kalitta in prior events.

Brown with a couple ticks on the tree, but was up in smoke early and Kalitta drove to the win.

Kalitta will have lane choice over Langdon in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Billy Torrence                         25 Clay Millican                
E2                   0.087  4.317 185.79     ****WINNER****  0.058  3.737 323.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Salinas   ) 0.085  3.694 329.50      (A Allen     ) 0.062  3.759 323.50
 Qualified:            #11  6.629 132.19                        #5  3.777 302.89

Torrence is 4 - 3 against Millican in prior events.

Millican with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Steve torrence in the semifinal.

Torrence starts to lose traction and drop cylinder just before half track.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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