Mon, 04 Nov 2024, 15:41 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Doug Kalitta                            7 Brittany Force               
E4                   0.064  6.147  25.29     ****WINNER****  0.076  3.703 332.59
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Langdon   )       No Time            (C Millican  ) 0.079  3.666 331.85
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.059  3.692 336.23      (S Reed      ) 0.074  3.701 325.92
E1    (I Zetterstro) 0.092  3.861 315.42      (J Hart      ) 0.062  3.721 329.26
 Qualified:             #3  3.674 334.57                        #1  3.660 334.98

Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,710 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Brittany Force is 5 - 8 in the Final round when starting #1. She won this race from the #1 spot in 2022.

The #1 TF qualifier is 6 - 4 in the Final round at this event.

Kalitta is 17 - 16 against Force in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Kalitta with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Force is straight down the groove with a good clean pass for the win. She wins for the first time sinceLas Vegas 2 in 2022. She wins for the 17th time in her career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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