Sun, 14 Nov 2021, 13:35 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Doug Kalitta 77 Josh Hart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.074 3.709 327.66 0.061 4.391 181.03
Qualified: #10 3.757 302.08 #7 3.734 323.81
Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 30.10
inches, adjusted altitude 2,531 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.Josh Hart is the 107th driver to face Doug Kalitta in eliminations.
Doug Kalitta has lost 11 times in round 1 this year and that's the most for him in any year since 2009.
Hart with the starting line advantage and the lead until just past the 330-foot mark. Hart started to mix up cylinders and haze the tires before clicking it off.
Kalitta with his quickest and fastest pass of the season for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 40 Alex Laughlin 25 Clay Millican E1 0.096 3.764 321.04 ****WINNER**** 0.054 3.736 324.67 Qualified: #11 3.759 324.83 #6 3.733 324.28Clay Millican wins 70% of his first round races when qualified in the top half of the field.
Laughlin is 1 - 0 against Millican in prior events.
Millican with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Clay Millican's MOV: 0.0701 seconds (approximately 33 feet). Millican just a few ticks shy of his qualifying time for the win.
Laughlin with a good
clean pass in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Justin Ashley 5 Antron Brown
E1 0.055 3.713 329.42 ****WINNER**** 0.041 3.717 328.94
Qualified: #12 3.765 320.97 #5 3.719 329.26
For his career Antron Brown has won 77% of his first round races, but this year he has only won
58% and that's his worst round 1 percentage since 2013 (57%).Ashley and Brown have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.
Brown with a slight starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close race. Antron Brown's MOV: 0.0109 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Brown with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
Ashley with a great pass, his
quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 700 Steven Chrisman 7211 Mike Salinas E1 0.107 4.125 272.94 ****WINNER**** 0.101 3.745 327.98 Qualified: #16 4.106 257.83 #1 3.676 330.23Mike Salinas has won one race (Las Vegas-1, 2019) when qualified No. 1.
Steven Chrisman is making his 59th start in Top Fuel.
This is the first time Chrisman and Salinas have faced each other in eliminations.
Salinas with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.
Chrisman with a clean pass in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 748 Cameron Ferre 777 Leah Pruett E1 ****WINNER**** 0.059 3.796 319.75 0.070 5.053 189.71 Qualified: #14 3.803 312.28 #3 3.706 327.59Leah Pruett is 11 - 8 in round 1 this year.
Cameron Ferre is 0 - 2 against Leah. This is his 30th start in Top Fuel. He won this race in Super Comp in 2012
Ferre with the starting line advantage and never trails for the win. He runs his career quickest pass for the win. This is his second career round win and first this season. He will give up lane choice to Millican in the next round.
Pruett starts chew up the blower belt and she can't chase him down.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 714 Brandon Welch 1 Steve Torrence E1 0.082 3.877 309.13 ****WINNER**** 0.071 3.769 326.00 Qualified: #15 3.919 308.28 #2 3.698 317.05Steve Torrence has 413 round wins and that's 8th most in Top Fuel history.
Brandon Welch is the 68th Top Fuel driver to face Steve Torrence in eliminations.
Torrence with the starting line
advantage and never trailed for the win. Torrence wins his fourth consecutive Top Fuel Championship
with the round win. Torrence with a good clean pass for the win, but will give up lane choice to
Kalitta in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 144 Tripp Tatum 333 Shawn Langdon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.090 3.704 327.51 0.041 4.525 191.78 Qualified: #9 3.750 323.97 #8 3.746 320.97Shawn Langdon wins 71% of his round 1 races when he has lane choice.
Tripp Tatum is making his 10th start.
Langdon is 1 - 0 against Tatum in prior events.
Langdon with the starting line advantage and then starts to haze the tires and the engine goes away just before the 1/8 mile mark with a quick flash of flames.
Tatum launched hard and had the lead by 330 feet and he makes his
career quickest pass for the win. He will have lane choice over Salinas in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 745 Brittany Force 3 Billy Torrence E1 0.076 10.704 74.05 ****WINNER**** 0.072 3.730 328.30 Qualified: #13 3.784 328.30 #4 3.713 330.47This is the lowest starting spot for Brittany Force since Chicago, 2019 (38 races ago).
Force is 4 - 3 against Torrence in prior events.
Torrence with the starting line advantage and never
trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Brown in the next round.
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