BERNSTEIN’S DAY SHORTENED AT VIRGINIA NATIONALS
<img src="http://www.nitromater.com/gallery/files/5/b_bernstein.jpg" alt="b_bernstein" align="left"borders="0"/>
RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 12) – The first round of competition at the Virginia NHRA Nationals was pressure packed with Budweiser/Lucas Oil Top Fuel pilot Brandon Bernstein facing off against Antron Brown.
With only one-thousandth-of-a-second separating the two in qualifying, and both vying for a position in the Countdown to 1, it was a pivotal round.
Bernstein qualified ninth with an elapsed time of 3.824 seconds at 312.71 mph.
In a close opening round match, Brown raced to the win light first, clocking 3.803/314.90 to Bernstein’s 3.832/312.93.
“The heat’s on,” said Bernstein. “Antron is a very capable, tough competitor. We’re all so close together in the standings that we’re going to shuffle positions each race. Though we lost a position this weekend, we have two races left and two more opportunities to gain points.”
Bernstein is seventh in NHRA point standings, five points out of sixth place, 43 points out of third, and 75 points out of second place.
<img src="http://www.nitromater.com/gallery/files/5/b_bernstein.jpg" alt="b_bernstein" align="left"borders="0"/>
RICHMOND, Va. (Oct. 12) – The first round of competition at the Virginia NHRA Nationals was pressure packed with Budweiser/Lucas Oil Top Fuel pilot Brandon Bernstein facing off against Antron Brown.
With only one-thousandth-of-a-second separating the two in qualifying, and both vying for a position in the Countdown to 1, it was a pivotal round.
Bernstein qualified ninth with an elapsed time of 3.824 seconds at 312.71 mph.
In a close opening round match, Brown raced to the win light first, clocking 3.803/314.90 to Bernstein’s 3.832/312.93.
“The heat’s on,” said Bernstein. “Antron is a very capable, tough competitor. We’re all so close together in the standings that we’re going to shuffle positions each race. Though we lost a position this weekend, we have two races left and two more opportunities to gain points.”
Bernstein is seventh in NHRA point standings, five points out of sixth place, 43 points out of third, and 75 points out of second place.
