Sun, 12 Jun 2005, 05:27 PM Top Fuel Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

GRAND BEND, Ont. - Results of final, round 3 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
    1 Clay Millican                           7 Todd Paton                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.080  4.681 309.98                     0.068  5.574 179.90
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B LITTON    ) 0.042  4.717 311.49      (L ALLISON   ) 0.056 12.310  91.66
E1    (P ATHEY     ) 0.055  4.705 306.33      (D FOLEY     ) 0.460 14.736  96.45
 Qualified:             #1  4.748 288.03                        #7  5.035 255.97

5:22 p.m. Paton did not win, but he was spectacular - his car heading for the wall until he yanked it back, whereupon the engine promptly exploded in flames. Meanwhile, Millican ran low ET for the weekend to notch his 41st career IHRA Top Fuel victory.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink