Sun, 05 Sep 2021, 10:40 AM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 7129 Greg Carrillo 386 Kyle Wurtzel E1 ****WINNER**** 0.100 3.839 270.81 0.076 No Time Qualified: #7 3.769 320.20 #10 3.849 311.77Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 88 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,118 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.
Greg Carrillo is making his first start at this event. This (#10) is the best starting spot for Kyle Wurtzel.
This is the first time Carrillo and Wurtzel have faced each other in eliminations.
Wurtzel with the starting line advantage, but had severe tire shake and popped the blower with a quick flash of fire.
Carrillo is straight down the groove, but has bang right in the lights. He gets the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Leah Pruett 171 Joe Morrison E1 ****WINNER**** 0.077 3.933 253.37 0.071 4.331 224.36 Qualified: #5 3.755 322.88 #12 4.107 294.88Leah Pruett wins 72% of her first round races when qualified in the top half of the field. Joe Morrison is making his first start at this event.
Pruett is 1 - 0 against Morrison in prior events.
Morrison with the slight starting line advantage, but started dropping cylinders and clicked it off.
Pruett was straight down the groove, but the car just went silent on the top end.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 745 Brittany Force 333 Shawn Langdon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 3.702 332.34 0.029 10.623 82.33 Qualified: #1 3.684 334.57 #16 4.553 188.86Brittany Force is 24 -3 in rd. 1 when qualified #1. She is 7 - 0 this year.
Shawn beat Brittany in rd. 1 here in 2017.
Force is 8 - 7 against Langdon in prior events.
Langdon with a great light and lost traction right at the hit and pedaled it one time, but couldn't get it to hook up.
Force launched hard and kept it hooked up, straight down the groove for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Doug Kalitta 725 Krista Baldwin
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.108 3.794 319.75 0.125 8.768 90.36
Qualified: #3 3.751 317.05 #14 4.193 215.17
Doug Kalitta's 27 round wins here are the 5th most for any TF driver. Krista Baldwin is the 105th driver to face Kalitta in eliminations.
Kalitta with the starting line advantage and straight down the groove for the win.
Baldwin is up in smoke right at the hit.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 77 Josh Hart 323 Buddy Hull E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 3.810 322.04 0.126 5.495 112.26 Qualified: #4 3.755 325.22 #13 4.162 257.63Josh Hart won this race twice in TAD.
Buddy Hull is making his first start at this event.
This is the first time Hart and Hull have faced each other in eliminations.
Hart with the starting line advantage, he kept it hooked up all the way down the track for the win. He will have lane choice over Pruett in the next round.
Hull started to drop cylinders and the car pitched the
blower belt.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Steve Torrence 5 Antron Brown
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 3.716 325.37 0.052 8.442 72.76
Qualified: #2 3.688 329.50 #15 4.305 192.14
Steve Torrence wins 76% of his races when starting from the top half of the field. Antron Brown is 33 - 17 against Torrence and 8 - 0 against him in rd. 1.
Brown with a slight starting line advantage, but lost traction right at the hit.
Torrence launched hard, kept it hitting on all eight all the way down the track for the win.
Torrence will have lane choice over Carrillo in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Billy Torrence 144 Tripp Tatum
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.077 3.741 326.95 0.079 5.288 131.72
Qualified: #6 3.756 324.75 #11 3.870 282.36
Billy Torrence is 45 - 21 in rd. 1 (68%). Tripp Tatum is making his 5th start overall at this event (3 TAD and 2 TF)
This is the first time Torrence and Tatum have faced each other in eliminations.
Torrence with a couple tick advantage on the tree and never trailed for the win. Torrence will have lane choice over Kalitta in the next round.
Tatum was up in smoke by 330 feet
and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 40 Alex Laughlin 7 Justin Ashley E1 ****WINNER**** 0.095 3.878 304.94 0.054 4.081 216.20 Qualified: #8 3.771 317.19 #9 3.796 324.05Alex Laughlin is just the 4th driver to qualify for the U.S. Nationals in both TF & PS (Bruce Larson, Paul Longenecker & Dave Connolly).
Justin Ashley went to the semi-finals her last year.
Ashley is 1 - 0 against Laughlin in prior events.
Ashley with the starting line advantage
and was driving away until the engine went away. Laughlin chased him down on the top end to get his
first win in Top Fuel.
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