Sun, 19 Apr 2009, 04:20 PM
Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations
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By Rick Green
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COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th
annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
28 Ron Capps 2 Tim Wilkerson
E2 0.091 4.179 292.08 ****WINNER**** 0.085 4.121 304.67
Prior rounds:
E1 (M Smith ) 0.089 4.118 303.03 (B Tasca III ) 0.122 4.107 303.37
Qualified: #3 4.101 299.26 #6 4.120 304.53
Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.18
inches, adjusted altitude 2,401 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.Capps is 18 - 8 against
Wilkerson in prior events, and a 5 - 1 advantage in round two meetings. Wilkerson with a slight
starting line advantage, but Capps had the difference made up by the time they went by the
Christmas tree...Wilkerson grabbed the lead back by 200 feet and never looked back from there. Tim
Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.348, 660ft-3.322/263.77 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Jack Beckman 7 John Force
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.100 4.140 296.18 0.095 4.148 307.44
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Hight ) 0.117 4.173 299.40 (J Toliver ) 0.129 4.123 308.57
Qualified: #7 4.120 304.05 #2 4.100 306.19
Beckman is 6 - 4 against Force in prior events. This was a great drag race. Force with a
slight starting line advantage, but Beckman had the difference made up by the time they went by the
Christmas tree. Jack Beckman's MOV: 0.0031 seconds (approximately 17 inches). Beckman will give up
lane choice in the semifinals to Wilkerson.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Mike Neff 6 Ashley Force Hood
E2 0.100 5.608 126.96 ****WINNER**** 0.119 4.082 312.13
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Head ) 0.091 4.113 306.67 (D Worsham ) 0.115 4.078 311.41
Qualified: #8 4.125 303.43 #1 4.073 310.05
Neff and Force Hood have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Neff overpowers
the track around 300 feet and clicks it off. Force Hood is running low E.T. of the round in the
other lane. Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.332,
660ft-3.298/267.27 mph. Force Hood with the fastest pass in the history of the 1000-foot era by
almost 2 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Tony Pedregon 2814 Matt Hagan
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.058 4.110 308.57 0.108 4.126 306.12
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Arend ) 0.063 4.162 304.60 (C Pedregon ) 0.113 4.128 304.46
Qualified: #4 4.104 303.71 #5 4.114 303.84
Pedregon is 2 - 0 against Hagan in prior events. Pedregon with a starting line advantage and
never looks back with the second q1uickest pass of the round...unfortunately for Pedregon the
quickest pass came from his next round opponent. Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.915
sec., 330ft-2.340, 660ft-3.320/264.91 mph.
Timing data courtesy of
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