Sat, 30 Oct 2004, 07:02 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 3 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                           757 David Grubnic
E3                   0.073  9.999  82.69     ****WINNER****  0.078  4.501 328.46
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Bernstein ) 0.089  4.554 323.58      (T Schumacher) 0.068  4.550 324.83
E1    (D Kalitta   ) 0.081  4.567 323.50      (S Kalitta   ) 0.055  4.914 295.79
 Qualified:             #8 1                                    #6 3

3:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 27.95 inches, adjusted altitude 3,080 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Dixon gets the advantage of the line and hangs on to the lead for the first 100 feet. He loses traction, pedals once, then has to give up on the run. Grubnic goes right down the groove on a picture perfect pass, his quickest of the weekend, and wins the $100,000 first place check. David Grubnic's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(0.313), 660ft(1.614), 1,000ft(3.422). MOV: 1.0610 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink