Sat, 30 Oct 2004, 05:35 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Budweiser Shootout:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Larry Dixon                             6 Brandon Bernstein
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089  4.554 323.58                     0.084  4.571 330.23
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Kalitta   ) 0.081  4.567 323.50      (C McClenatha) 0.076  4.572 323.43
 Qualified:             #8 1                                    #5 4

2:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 27.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,080 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

A good side-by-side, the beer cars are glued together all the way through the run. Dixon starts to pull away at the 330 foot mark, then Bernstein starts to make up ground at the 1000 foot mark, but runs out of racetrack.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Tony Schumacher                       757 David Grubnic
E2                   0.075  4.600 294.43     ****WINNER****  0.068  4.550 324.83
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Herbert   ) 0.088  4.551 317.87      (S Kalitta   ) 0.055  4.914 295.79
 Qualified:             #2 7                                    #6 3

Another good race, Schumacher was out in front at the 330 foot mark, then Grubnic drove around at half-track and pulled away for the win. Grubnic will have lane choice over Dixon in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink