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NHRA Top Fuel Eliminators

Top qualifier Clive had a bye in Round One. So the first race was Nico vs Rebecca - 3rd vs 4th place qualifiers...

   

Nico got a poor start and the yellow Geico machine was strong down the strip  - Rebecca winning by 0.060 to face Clive in the second round. The ETs were 0.792 and 0.853.

   

The other round one race saw Andy beat Ken by 0.165 seconds. Ken's new Top Fueler is still a little tight, but sounds like it has the horsepower. The ETs 0.774 and 0.942.

Second place qualifier Andy had a bye in Round Two - giving us just one race...

   

Rebecca couldn't cause another upset, Clive winning by 0.077 seconds - the ETs 0.730 and 0.800. Clive would meet Andy in the final...

The top two qualifiers lined up...

   

And this is what happened...



A dead heat...

   

The first time we've had that in a final round! So they lined up again...

   

And it was very close again...



Clive had a slight advantage off the line, but not as much as last time...

   

The speed of the FRAM dragster over the middle third of the strip is legendary...

   

And it was just enough...

   

It was Andy in victory lane...

   

Here's the ladder...

   

And the full stats for Top Fuel...

   

After a teabreak, I'll be back with the ultra-fast Micro 2019 cars...