Sun, 13 Jun 2010, 01:40 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  388 Jim Head                                5 Jack Beckman                 
E2                   0.108  4.603 189.79     ****WINNER****  0.098  4.178 295.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.086  4.221 278.52      (R Capps     ) 0.111  4.232 292.08
 Qualified:            #13  4.294 230.29                       #12  4.262 291.95

1:27 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.77 inches, adjusted altitude 2,635 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Head has won against Beckman one time and lost four times. His only win came in the second round in Bristol in 2007.

Head spun the tires when he launched and the car wiggled a little bit. He stayed with it, then the rear tires started shaking again at 330 feet ad the car got a little more loose. Meanwhile, Beckman took his car straight down the groove in the right lane.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Del Worsham                             1 Robert Hight                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.091  4.230 297.75                     0.091  4.869 176.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.125  4.228 297.68                     0.125  5.953 120.26
 Qualified:             #9  4.135 306.88                        #1  4.025 313.00

Hight has 12 wins and five losses against Worsham in overall competition, and a 5-2 record against him in the second round. The last time they raced in the second round was in Topeka last month and Hight won that race.

Worsham's team has the left lane figured out because he took his car straight down the groove for the second consecutive round. Hight, in the right lane, spun the rear tires at mid track. Worsham will race Beckman in the third round and beckman will have lane choice.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                              8 Bob Tasca III                
E2                   0.089  4.458 249.03     ****WINNER****  0.093  4.175 300.93
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Creasy    ) 0.097  4.166 302.41      (A Force Hood) 0.150  4.162 303.71
 Qualified:             #2  4.037 313.73                        #7  4.121 305.91

These two have met in the second round twice before this and each won one of those meetings. Overall, they have a 3-3 record against each other.

Force got out of the gate first but spun the tires at about 300 feet. In the right lane, Tasca took his blue and white Mustang down groove. His car did a little shimmy just before he crossed the finish line, but it was not enough to keep him from winning and moving on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  170 Jeff Arend                           2814 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.086  4.283 290.32     ****WINNER****  0.103  4.194 296.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.097  4.256 289.63      (T Pedregon  ) 0.086  4.226 297.94
 Qualified:             #3  4.075 300.20                        #6  4.119   NS  

Arend and Hagan have raced each other five times before this with Hagan winning all five of those races. Two of those races were in the second round, the most recent coming in Chicago last week.

Arend was quicker at the start and led to 60 feet. But after that, he had a bit of tire spin and that was all Hagan needed to get out in front to stay. Hagan will race Tasca in the semi finals and Tasca will have lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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