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SONOMA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Jack Beckman 28 Ron Capps
E4 0.082 4.210 298.93 ****WINNER**** 0.106 4.169 296.44
Prior rounds:
E3 (B Tasca III ) 0.080 4.221 298.73 (M Hagan ) 0.095 4.169 298.54
E2 (R Hight ) 0.093 4.252 292.96 (M Troxel ) 0.120 4.236 292.39
E1 (J Diehl ) 0.118 4.257 287.41 (T Wilkerson ) 0.100 4.188 298.14
Qualified: #1 4.063 311.56 #10 4.177 296.70
4:41 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent,
barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,307 feet. Beckman is 9-10 in final round appearances and has already won one race at Phoenix this year. He is in his in his third final this year with a 1-1 record. Capps is 30-39 in final rounds. This will be his third this year, second in a row. He has four prior wins at Infineon. Capps is 8 - 7 against Beckman in prior events and Beckman is 1 - 0 against Capps in prior final rounds. A terrific final round with side by side performance. Beckman gets a small RT advantage at the green and is only able to stay out in front until after the sixty foot lights. Capps just gets by and the two cars basically "station keep" each other to the finish line That evens up their wins against each other and gives him the 2010 Funny Car Championship. Very cool! Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.001), 330 ft(0.018), 660ft(0.019). MOV: 0.0173 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Jack Beckman's incremental
times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.388, 660ft-3.392/255.68 mph.
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