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Schumacher, who started from the pole for the 11th time this year, moved through the opening round with a first round bye before losing the match up with Todd on a "hole shot."
Todd, who went on to capture the event, actually posted a slower pass than Schumacher (4.502-seconds to 4.490-seconds), but he was quicker at the starting line by .018-seconds.
"Obviously, I needed to be better at the tree," said Schumacher. "Listen, it was a good race -- we both ran well. We'll just have to pick up the pieces and move forward."
The Chicago native will retain second-place in the standings going into round 21 of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series at Virginia Motorsports Park next weekend. He'll head for the Torco Racing Fuels Nationals trailing leader Doug Kalitta by 52 points.
"We've got 12 more rounds of racing left and we're going to go after all of them," he added. "We're not going to accept defeat by any means."
While Schumacher stays on the road next weekend, Brown and Sampey will wait to rejoin the tour at the ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, October 26-29.
Schumacher Out in Second Round
Schumacher, who started from the pole for the 11th time this year, moved through the opening round with a first round bye before losing the match up with Todd on a "hole shot."
Todd, who went on to capture the event, actually posted a slower pass than Schumacher (4.502-seconds to 4.490-seconds), but he was quicker at the starting line by .018-seconds.
"Obviously, I needed to be better at the tree," said Schumacher. "Listen, it was a good race -- we both ran well. We'll just have to pick up the pieces and move forward."
The Chicago native will retain second-place in the standings going into round 21 of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series at Virginia Motorsports Park next weekend. He'll head for the Torco Racing Fuels Nationals trailing leader Doug Kalitta by 52 points.
"We've got 12 more rounds of racing left and we're going to go after all of them," he added. "We're not going to accept defeat by any means."
While Schumacher stays on the road next weekend, Brown and Sampey will wait to rejoin the tour at the ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals, October 26-29.
