Sun, 20 Mar 2005, 03:31 PM Top Fuel Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 36th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Doug Kalitta                            7 Cory McClenathan             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.064  4.577 323.62                     0.178 11.959  71.08
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Cowin     ) 0.089  4.700 308.85      (M Lucas     ) 0.095  4.631 320.17
E1    (D Herbert   ) 0.070  4.565 326.44      (S Weis      ) 0.126  4.573 315.34
 Qualified:             #2  4.488 325.14                        #3  4.497 329.91

3:20 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.69 inches, adjusted altitude 1,663 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Kalitta held a 14-9 edge against McClenathan prior to this run. Cory Mac was up in smoke almost immediately and Kalitta made a very nice run, all the way into the finals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  104 Clay Millican                          91 Larry Dixon                  
E3                   0.047  4.609 315.67     ****WINNER****  0.057  4.546 329.54
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Grubnic   ) 0.071  4.649 308.53      (T Schumacher) 0.078  4.594 318.13
E1    (S Kalitta   ) 0.084  4.651 313.58      (D Baca      ) 0.056  4.712 309.91
 Qualified:             #8  4.572 304.77                        #5  4.525 325.61

Dixon came in with a 5-3 edge against Millican in prior races and he extended it to 6-3 with a nice, smooth pass, steadily pulling away from Millican. That run also gives him lane choice against Kalitta in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink