Sun, 01 Oct 2023, 13:04 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Reporter |
MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Shawn Langdon 777 Leah Pruett
E1 0.064 3.765 329.02 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.737 329.99
Qualified: #9 3.748 328.86 #8 3.742 331.04
Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 30.24 inches,
adjusted altitude 1,933 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.Leah Pruett is 120 - 84 (59%) in Rd. 1 (12 - 5 this year). Shawn Langdon is 2 - 0 against Pruett this year.
Langdon is 17 - 6 against Pruett in prior events.
Langdon with the starting line advantage, but Pruett has the lead by half track and never trails
from there on for the win. Pruett with her quickest pass of the event for the win. Leah Pruett's MOV: 0.0068
seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Brittany Force 356 Tony Schumacher
E1 0.056 3.803 292.71 ****WINNER**** 0.078 3.730 332.84
Qualified: #11 3.791 330.72 #6 3.734 329.83
This is the 5th time this year Tony Schumacher has qualified in the top half of the field. This is the
5th time this year that Brittany Force has qualified in the bottom half of the field.Schumacher is 11 - 8 against Force in prior events.
Force with the starting line advantage, but Schumacher has the lead by half
track and never trails from there on for the win. Schumacher with his quickest pass of the weekend for the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 386 Kyle Wurtzel 2 Antron Brown E1 0.098 3.848 291.63 ****WINNER**** 0.071 3.718 333.99 Qualified: #14 3.816 314.46 #3 3.714 331.69Antron Brown is 12 - 5 in Rd. 1 this year. Kyle Wurtzel's first race was at this event in 2014.
This is the first time Wurtzel and Brown have faced each other in eliminations.
Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He is just a few ticks off his qualifying time. He makes the quickest pass of race day. He will have lane choice over Schumacher in the next round.
Wurtzel was on a
good looking pass until the engine let go with a quick fireball in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 222 Lex Joon 10 Doug Kalitta E1 0.089 7.590 89.61 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.737 329.99 Qualified: #16 3.920 314.09 #1 3.709 331.85Doug Kalitta is 47 - 5 in round one when qualified No. 1. The No. 16 TF qualifier has never won a round at this event.
Kalitta is 1 - 0 against Joon in prior events.
Kalitta with a few ticks on the tree and never trailed for the win. He matches Pruett's E.T., so you go to mph. They both ran 329.99 mph, so it goes to who did it first. Kalitta will give up lane choice to Pruett in the next round.
Joon lost traction right
at the hit and the engine let go with a huge fireball.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 211X Cody Krohn 7211 Mike Salinas E1 0.078 4.757 152.50 ****WINNER**** 0.105 3.730 329.91 Qualified: #15 3.819 319.07 #2 3.710 329.75Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 2,116 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.
After about a half hour delay to clean up the track, we are back.
Mike Salinas is 68 - 44 (61%) in Rd. 1. Cody Krohn is making his 1st start. The only time the #15 TF qualifier won a round at this event was 2014.
Krohn with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke and clicks it off.
Salinas launched hard and kept it hooked up for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 317 T.J. Zizzo 4 Justin Ashley E1 0.086 5.507 119.79 ****WINNER**** 0.052 3.769 330.96 Qualified: #13 3.814 326.24 #4 3.730 331.69Justin Ashley "leaves first" 73% of the time. T.J. Zizzo lost to Ashley in his only final round (Indy-2, 2020).
Ashley with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.
Zizzo is up in smoke and
clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Josh Hart 6 Steve Torrence
E1 0.037 10.184 59.40 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.741 329.42
Qualified: #12 3.793 324.20 #5 3.733 330.72
Steve Torrence wins 79% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. In his last 5 races Josh Hart is 0 -
5 in Rd. 1Torrence is 6 - 1 against Hart in prior events.
Hart with a great light, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Torrence is straight down the groove for the win. He will have lane
choice over Ashley in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Austin Prock 51 Clay Millican
E1 0.059 7.623 85.41 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.761 333.58
Qualified: #10 3.770 318.62 #7 3.740 334.07
Clay Millican is 184 - 173 in Rd. 1 for his career (6 - 11 this year). This is the first time since
Gainesville that these two have raced each other this year.Prock is 5 - 2 against Millican in prior events.
Prock with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Millican is straight down the groove for the win. He will give up lane choice to Salinas.
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