Mon, 24 May 2021, 14:06 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, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Doug Kalitta                          333 Shawn Langdon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.074  3.997 272.06                     0.049  4.181 221.09
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.056  3.778 291.57      (J Ashley    ) 0.046  3.797 318.02
E1    (B Force     ) 0.045  3.765 281.01      (J Hart      ) 0.048  3.803 304.94
 Qualified:             #9  4.548 168.68                        #7  4.407 179.92

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 100 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,995 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Langdon is 21 - 12 against Kalitta in prior events.

Langdon with the starting line advantage, but then it started to haze the tires. Langdon pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up.

Kalitta started to mix up cylinders on the top end and slowed, he holds on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Steve Torrence                         25 Clay Millican                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.065  3.703 323.81                     0.075  3.762 324.75
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.247  3.711 327.66      (B Torrence  ) 0.058  3.737 323.97
E1    (M King      ) 0.063  4.047 261.07      (A Allen     ) 0.062  3.759 323.50
 Qualified:             #1  3.727 326.48                        #5  3.777 302.89

Torrence is 13 - 9 against Millican in prior events.

Torrence with the starting line advantage and is straight down the groove with a great looking pass for the win. Steve Torrence's MOV: 0.0697 seconds (approximately 33 feet). Torrence with a great pass and will have lane choice over Kalitta in the final.

Millican with a great pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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