Final round-by-round results from the Eighth annual O'Reilly NHRA
Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Q at Bristol Dragway, the eighth
of 24 events in the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series:
TOP FUEL:
ROUND ONE -- J.R. Todd, 4.589, 321.04 def. Rod Fuller, 4.635,
280.95; Larry Dixon, 4.621, 316.23 def. Doug Herbert, 4.679, 296.05;
Brandon Bernstein, 4.586, 324.44 def. Bob Vandergriff, 4.740, 330.23;
Doug Kalitta, 4.710, 308.64 def. Todd Paton, broke; Tony Schumacher,
4.514, 325.45 def. Alan Bradshaw, foul; Antron Brown, 4.901, 321.12
def. Morgan Lucas, 7.892, 101.17; Troy Buff, 4.666, 313.58 def. David
Grubnic, 4.873, 314.83; Hillary Will, 4.555, 320.43 def. Cory
McClenathan, 4.638, 329.34;
QUARTERFINALS -- Dixon,
4.631, 300.73 def. Buff, 4.681, 305.15; Bernstein, 4.545, 326.71 def.
Kalitta, 4.810, 280.19; Will, 4.541, 319.14 def. Brown, 4.560, 328.14;
Schumacher, 4.511, 321.42 def. Todd, 4.550, 330.80;
SEMIFINALS -- Dixon, 4.555, 317.05 def. Bernstein, 4.600, 322.88; Schumacher, 4.501, 329.50 def.
Will, 10.925, 78.27;
FINAL -- Schumacher, 4.555, 306.81 def. Dixon, 4.958, 253.37.