Sun, 10 Mar 2024, 16:43 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  474 Billy Torrence                        333 Shawn Langdon                
E4                   0.067  4.050 228.50     ****WINNER****  0.072  3.711 335.40
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Torrence  ) 0.090  4.540 165.70      (A Brown     ) 0.047  3.702 336.74
E2    (M Salinas   ) 0.106  4.535 171.25      (J Ashley    ) 0.060  3.709 334.40
E1    (B Force     ) 0.098  3.669 336.74      (C Krohn     ) 0.070  3.690 335.90
 Qualified:             #6  3.713 334.15                        #1  3.682 334.15

Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,222 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

The number one and number two Top Fuel qualifiers have met the final round 11 times, it has happened at Gainesville and the number one qualifier has only won times of the previous 10 meetings.

Torrence is 4 - 1 against Langdon in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Torrence with a slight starting line advantage, but Langdon has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Langdon wins his 18th Wally in Nitro racing and 16th in Top Fuel.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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