Sun, 15 Nov 2026, 14:45 PM Top Fuel Round 1 Eliminations |
By Rick Green |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Shawn Reed 3 Justin Ashley
E1 0.035 10.809 76.98 ****WINNER**** 0.040 3.766 336.15
Qualified: #8 3.727 332.02 #9 3.728 337.16
Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.04
inches, adjusted altitude 1,974 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Justin Ashley starts the day with 198 round wins. All of Shawn Reed's losses to Ashley have been in Rd. 1.
Ashley is 4 - 0 against Reed in prior events.
Reed with the starting line advantage, but was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
Ashley kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to take the
win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 421 Spencer Massey 474 Billy Torrence E1 0.050 5.936 108.63 ****WINNER**** 0.083 3.731 337.58 Qualified: #10 3.730 328.86 #7 3.713 333.66Spencer Massey is 2 - 5 in Rd. 1 this year. Billy Torrence wins 81% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice.
Torrence is 3 - 0 against Massey in prior events.
They swapped lanes after the first pair.
Massey with the starting line advantage, but started to pull the tires loose around
200 feet and clicked it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 14 Tony Stewart 51 Clay Millican E1 ****WINNER**** 0.204 3.733 328.46 0.101 4.089 242.54 Qualified: #3 3.693 337.66 #14 3.786 332.67Tony Stewart is 41 - 17 (71%) in Rd. 1 races. Clay Millican is 4 - 15 in Rd. 1 when qualified #14.
Millican is 4 - 2 against Stewart in prior events.
Millican with the starting line advantage, but started to lose traction by half track and clicked it off.
Stewart started to drop
cylinders around 330 feet, but stayed with it for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 100 Maddi Gordon 748 Cameron Ferre E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.749 333.41 0.069 3.956 305.36 Qualified: #2 3.679 342.11 #15 4.005 295.01Maddi Gordon has averaged .070 R/T this year. The #15 TF qualifier has won in Rd. 1 twice in the last 3 races at this event.
This is the first time Gordon and Ferre have faced each other in eliminations.
Ferre with a slight starting line advantage, but Gordon had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. she pushed out a head gasket around half track with a quick flash of flames. She will give up lane choice to Torrence in the next round.
Ferre with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing
effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Doug Kalitta 61 Bernie Plourd
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.075 3.715 334.07 0.142 5.131 138.20
Qualified: #1 3.677 340.39 #16 6.279 100.43
Doug Kalitta's 5 wins this year are tied for the most wins for him in a single season. The last
time the #16 TF qualifier won a round at this event was 2018.Kalitta with the starting line
advantage and never trailed for the win. Kalitta with low E.T. of the race day. 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 777 Leah Pruett 200 Will Smith E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.794 319.90 0.038 3.894 282.72 Qualified: #4 3.698 334.65 #13 3.780 329.18Leah Pruett's 1st race in the Pro classes was at this event in 2009. She is 16 - 5 in Rd. 1 when qualified #3. This is the 22nd start for Will Smith. He is 6 - 15 in Rd. 1
Pruett is 4 - 2 against Smith in prior events.
Smith with the starting line advantage and the lead until just past 1/8th mile mark when the car started to spin the tires and drop cylinders before the engine let go with a big boomer.
Pruett is dropping cylinders around 330-feet and chased Smith down by 800 feet
and took the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 123 Antron Brown 15 Tony Schumacher E1 ****WINNER**** 0.054 4.199 263.98 0.078 5.645 115.89 Qualified: #5 3.705 335.07 #12 3.764 301.13Antron Brown starts the day with 899 round wins. Only 4 Pro drivers have won 900 or more rounds. This is the 13th time this year Tony Schumacher has been in the bottom half of the field.
Brown is 48 - 35 against Schumacher in prior events.
Brown with the starting line advantage, but they both went up in smoke around the same time. Schumacher pedaled it one time, but couldn't get it to hook up and clicked it off.
Brown drove through the tire smoke for the win. He will give up lane
choice to Pruett in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Shawn Langdon 77 Josh Hart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.845 319.90 0.051 5.494 130.95
Qualified: #6 3.712 338.94 #11 3.747 332.34
Shawn Landon's 50 round wins are the most for any Pro driver this year. Josh Hart is 1 - 6
against Langdon in Rd. 1.Langdon is 11 - 4 against Hart in prior events.
Hart with the starting line advantage, but started to smoke the tires and clicked it off.
Langdon kept it hooked up and
takes the win. Langdon wins the Top Fuel World Championship with the win. He will give up lane
choice to Stewart in the next round.
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