Sun, 24 Mar 2024, 15:28 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 64th annual NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Clay Millican                           7 Brittany Force               
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.510  3.723 333.99
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Brown     ) 0.070  3.730 332.34                     0.072  3.714 336.91
 Qualified:             #9  3.902 296.05                        #1  3.711 335.73

Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,476 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Force is 15 - 12 against Millican in prior events.

Millican doen't fire the car and is pushed off the starting line. The word from the starting line was they had a issue they just couldn't get it fixed.

Force is straight down the groove with another good looking pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  474 Billy Torrence                          1 Doug Kalitta                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.085  3.736 331.20                     0.056  5.792 150.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hart      ) 0.094  3.716 335.98      (J Salinas   ) 0.067  3.699 335.40
 Qualified:             #3  3.745 330.47                        #6  3.785 303.30

Torrence is 7 - 4 against Kalitta in prior events.

Kalitta with the starting line advantage, was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Torrence kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Steve Torrence                          4 Justin Ashley                
E2                   0.079  7.359  98.98     ****WINNER****  0.057  3.706 334.65
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Stewart   ) 0.061  3.695 336.65      (S Reed      ) 0.035  3.831 317.87
 Qualified:             #4  3.750 328.30                        #5  3.753 329.18

Ashley is 12 - 10 against Torrence in prior events.

Ashley with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win as Torrence was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Ashley with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will lane choice over Force in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Tony Schumacher                       333 Shawn Langdon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  3.774 327.03                     0.064  4.589 164.07
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Totten    ) 0.104  3.752 329.83      (K Baldwin   ) 0.099  3.680 334.24
 Qualified:             #2  3.735 331.85                        #7  3.788 318.24

Schumacher is 20 - 17 against Langdon in prior events.

Schumacher with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Billy Torrence in the semifinal.

Langdon is dropping cylinders right at the hit and he clicks it off early.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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