NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series – Pomona 1 Driver-By-Driver, Top Fuel (February 11, 2018)

Doug Kalitta earned his 44th career NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series victory and second in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals on Sunday at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, California.

Here is a look at the statistics for each Top Fuel driver that competed in the elimination rounds.

Driver-By-Driver, Top Fuel

#5 Doug Kalitta (Ann Arbor, Michigan) – No. 3 TF dragster

- In 466th career race, won second career Winternationals finals and 44th final round in 92nd career final

- Now has elimination round record of 627-415

- Improved to 9-5 all-time over Richie Crampton; 12-1 over Scott Palmer; 24-10 over Clay Millican; and 38-50 over Tony Schumacher and 6-11 in final rounds against Schumacher

#8 Tony Schumacher (Austin, Texas) – No. 8 TF dragster

- In 481st career race, made it to Winternationals finals, his 148th final, and ended up with 65th runner-up finish

- Now has elimination round record of 809-390 (one round away from 1,200 rounds in career)

- Improved to 22-3 all-time over Terry McMillen; 10-2 over Terry Haddock; and 30-26 against Antron Brown

- Fell to 50-38 all-time against Doug Kalitta and 11-6 in final rounds

#1 Clay Millican (Drummonds, Tennessee) – No. 25 TF dragster

- In 268th career race, improved to 175-242 all-time in elimination rounds

- Moved to 2-0 all-time over Steve Chrisman and earned second win with a bye run

- Fell to 10-24 all-time against Doug Kalitta

#6 Antron Brown (Indianapolis, Indiana) – No. 4 TF dragster

- In 383rd career race, improved to 678-315 all-time in elimination rounds (only seven rounds away from 1,000)

- Moved to 3-0 all-time over Mike Salinas and 25-6 over Steve Torrence

- Fell to 26-30 all-time against Tony Schumacher

#11 Scott Palmer (Cassville, Missouri) – No. 10 TF dragster

- In 149th career race, improved to 16-88 all-time in elimination rounds (one race away from 150 races)

- Moved to 1-7 all-time against Leah Pritchett (whose chute deployed on the burnout)

- Fell to 1-12 all-time against Doug Kalitta

#13 Terry Haddock (Temple, Texas) – No. 121 TF dragster

- In 232nd career race, improved to 7-81 all-time in elimination rounds (went 2-15 in 2017)

- Moved to 1-3 all-time against Brittany Force (whose run was disqualified after she hit the wall)

- Fell to 2-10 all-time against Tony Schumacher

#3 Steve Torrence (Kilgore, Texas) – No. 2 TF dragster

- In 191st career race, improved to 211-171 all-time in elimination rounds (was season-best 56-16 in 2017)

- Moved to 3-0 all-time against Steve Faria

- Fell to 6-25 all-time against Antron Brown

#10 Richie Crampton (Indianapolis, Indiana) – No. 58 TF dragster

- In 80th career race, fell to 75-72 all-time in elimination rounds

- Fell to 5-9 all-time against Doug Kalitta

#4 Leah Pritchett (Danville, Indiana) – No. 777 TF dragster

- In 95th career race, fell to 81-84 all-time in elimination rounds

- Fell to 7-1 all-time against Scott Palmer

#2 Brittany Force (Yorba Linda, California) – No. 1 TF dragster

- In 121st career race, fell to 128-110 all-time in elimination rounds (broke streak of six consecutive first-round wins)

- Fell to 3-1 all-time against Terry Haddock

#7 Terry McMillen (Elkhart, Indiana) – No. 21 TF dragster

- In 197th career race, fell to 52-169 all-time in elimination rounds (three races from 200)

- Fell to 3-22 all-time against Tony Schumacher

#12 Steve Faria (Tulare, California) – No. 735 TF dragster

- In 15th career race, fell to 0-15 all-time in elimination rounds

- Fell to 0-3 all-time against Steve Torrence

#9 Mike Salinas (San Jose, California) – No. 7211 TF dragster

- Fell to 0-3 all-time against Antron Brown

#14 Steve Chrisman (Anaheim, California) – No. 700 TF dragster

- Fell to 0-2 all-time against Clay Millican