Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 14:32 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Justin Ashley                          51 Clay Millican                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  3.793 335.57                     0.077  6.390  96.30
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Reed      ) 0.038  3.750 331.36      (B Torrence  ) 0.059  3.796 311.05
 Qualified:             #5  3.743 333.99                       #13  3.818 326.00

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 30.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,610 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.

Ashley is 10 - 5 against Millican in prior events.

Ashley with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Millican is up in smoke and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Tony Stewart                          100 Maddi Gordon                 
E2                   0.072  3.751 338.85     ****WINNER****  0.045  3.740 330.72
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hart      ) 0.047  3.726 334.32      (S Palmer    ) 0.061  3.752 336.32
 Qualified:             #7  3.758 331.45                        #2  3.695 336.99

Gordon is 3 - 2 against Stewart in prior events.

Gordon with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Stewart with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Doug Kalitta                          123 Antron Brown                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.063  3.742 326.56                     0.048  3.796 322.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Ferre     ) 0.067  3.713 336.23      (T Schumacher) 0.057  3.776 330.63
 Qualified:             #1  3.673 332.26                        #8  3.763 330.55

Brown is 44 - 40 against Kalitta in prior events.

Brown with the starting line advantage, but Kalitta has the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Ashley in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Leah Pruett                             2 Shawn Langdon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  4.158 194.49                     0.069  4.247 254.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Smith     ) 0.060  3.702 341.08      (K Murt      ) 0.092  3.708 335.57
 Qualified:             #6  3.756 329.18                        #3  3.730 331.20

Langdon is 19 - 9 against Pruett in prior events.

Pruett with the starting line advantage and then she gets loose and pedals it around half track. She gets it took hook up enough for the win, the chutes are out early. She will give up lane choice to gordon in the semifinal.

Langdon is up in smoke and pedaled it back into smoke and stayed with it. He couldn't run her down.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink