Sun, 12 Jun 2005, 03:37 PM Top Fuel Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GRAND BEND, Ont. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel at the 2005 Hooters IHRA Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Mopar Canadian Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  301 Louie Allison                           7 Todd Paton                   
E2                  -0.120 11.075  86.26     ****WINNER****  0.056 12.310  91.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R COOPER    ) 0.102  4.966 252.85      (D FOLEY     ) 0.460 14.736  96.45
 Qualified:             #3  4.809 291.76                        #7  5.035 255.97

3:27 p.m. Paton's luck continued here, immediately losing traction against a red-lighting Allison. He's in the final round, his first Top Fuel final.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Clay Millican                         345 Bruce Litton                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.042  4.717 311.49                     0.085  6.682 134.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P ATHEY     ) 0.055  4.705 306.33      (C KARAMESINE) 0.068  4.900 297.48
 Qualified:             #1  4.748 288.03                        #4  4.909 294.50

There was a brief staging duel, then Litton rolled in and Millican rolled in deep. It probably didn't matter, Litton losing traction about 400 feet out. Millican goes to his 47th final round, seeking his 41st win, at the site of his very first win, defeating Shirley Muldowney here in 2000. Millican will have lane choice against Paton in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink