Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 05:00 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jack Beckman                         2814 Matt Hagan                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.097  4.210 285.41                     0.092  4.242 287.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Neff      ) 0.097  4.430 261.12      (G Downing   ) 0.097  4.131 303.50
 Qualified:             #8  4.118 304.87                        #1  4.030 313.88

1:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,988 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

They came off the line together and Hagan put a cylinder out on the left side. He started drifting to the left but was able to hold it off the center line. Beckman got to half track, put out a cylinder on the left side and started drifting to the left. He goes through the lights, gets very close to the wall after the finsih line, but somehow beckman holds it off.

Jack Beckman's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(0.018), 660ft(0.027). MOV: 0.0272 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Tim Wilkerson                          28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.096  4.163 301.40                     0.104  4.157 303.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Head      ) 0.084  4.159 299.00      (G Densham   ) 0.106  4.130 305.08
 Qualified:             #7  4.116 297.22                        #2  4.041 310.55

This was a great side by side race, both going right down the groove, candles lit all the way through the run. Wilkerson gets off the line just a little ahead of Capps, then Capps closes the gap at half track. He continues reel in Wilkerson but runs out of race track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 John Force                              4 Robert Hight                 
E2                   0.119  NT      NS        ****WINNER****  0.118  4.125 309.42
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.050  4.662 220.80      (A Force Hood) 0.071  4.114 309.06
 Qualified:            #11  4.144 293.09                        #3  4.065 308.71

Force and Hight leave the line together then Force strikes the tires about 300 feet out. He pedals, starts skating around, then crosses the center line a little past the 660 foot mark. Hight goes right down the groove with the second quickest run of eliminations.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Tony Pedregon                         750 Del Worsham                  
E2                   0.086  4.176 303.64     ****WINNER****  0.030  4.232 269.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.091  4.271 283.85      (B Tasca III ) 0.066  4.163 304.19
 Qualified:             #4  4.098 309.20                       #12  4.155 306.12

Worsham gets a huge hole shot and starts to pull away, extending his lead to the 330 foot mark. Pedregon starts to reel him in at that point and closes the gap but comes up a litlle short.

Del Worsham's incremental margins: 60ft(0.069), 330 ft(0.077), 660ft(0.074). MOV: 0.0004 seconds (approximately 2 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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