Sun, 30 Oct 2022, 16:46 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Shawn Langdon                         356 Tony Schumacher              
E2                   0.055  3.762 324.44     ****WINNER****  0.050  3.764 327.27
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Baldwin   ) 0.081  3.770 324.98      (R Passey    ) 0.109  3.707 327.66
 Qualified:             #5  3.696 327.11                        #4  3.692 327.43

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,161 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Schumacher with the starting line advantage and holds on for the hole shot win. Tony Schumacher's MOV: 0.0034 seconds (approximately 19 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Antron Brown                            2 Brittany Force               
E2                   0.056  4.156 211.06     ****WINNER****  0.076  3.732 327.98
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kalitta   ) 0.062  3.709 330.23                     0.091  3.671 336.91
 Qualified:             #9  3.710 330.47                        #1  3.665 337.24

Brown is 24 - 13 against Force in prior events. Antron has "left first" in 32 of those 37 races.

Brown with the starting line advantage, but then started to haze the tires and clicked it off. She will have lane choice over Schumacher in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7211 Mike Salinas                           51 Clay Millican                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.098  3.700 326.16                     0.066  4.292 199.94
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Pruett    ) 0.062  3.723 329.58      (J Ashley    ) 0.063  3.695 330.72
 Qualified:             #6  3.697 334.73                       #14  4.272 198.17

Salinas is 10 - 5 against Millican in prior events.

Millican with the starting line advantage, but then started to smoke the tires and clicked it off.

Salinas is straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the session.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  374 Austin Prock                            1 Steve Torrence               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  3.732 327.19                     0.130  3.733 321.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Ferre     ) 0.053  3.744 324.28      (J Hart      ) 0.074  3.690 331.85
 Qualified:             #2  3.685 334.32                        #7  3.698 332.92

Torrence is 5 - 3 against Prock in prior events.

Prock with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He is straight down the groove for the win. He will give up lane choice to Salinas in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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