Sun, 11 Jul 2010, 07:00 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Tim Wilkerson                        2814 Matt Hagan                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.100  4.249 290.38                     0.098  4.386 224.32
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.101  4.193 300.20      (D Worsham   ) 0.056  4.203 292.71
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.069  4.150 302.82      (J Arend     ) 0.068  4.172 299.20
 Qualified:            #11  4.277 287.23                        #7  4.258 264.60

3:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,650 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Wilkerson is 1 - 0 against Hagan in prior events.

Almost identical RT's with Hagen getting a small advantage and just barely holding off Wilkerson until after the 660 mike, where the car spins the tires and slows.

Wilkerson keeps the candles lit and Take a decisive lead for the win.

Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.016), 330 ft(-0.023), 660ft(-0.012). MOV: 0.1355 seconds (approximately 45 feet).

Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.388, 660ft-3.411/250.18 mph.
Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.367, 660ft-3.401/237.63 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               5 Jack Beckman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.098  4.245 289.94                     0.061  5.099 173.45
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Force Hood) 0.109  4.177 294.75      (R Hight     ) 0.032  4.347 281.77
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.120  4.098 303.57      (J Force     ) 0.054  7.267  82.46
 Qualified:             #4  4.222 286.38                        #9  4.275 284.03

Capps and Beckman have each won 7 times against the other in prior events.

Beckman if off the line first and leads to after the sixtyfoot light, when the Charger smokes the tires hard.

Capps tip toes down the tough track and steals round choice from Wilkerson by just 0.004 seconds.

Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(0.082), 660ft(0.388). MOV: 0.8178 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.917 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.404/247.66 mph.
Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.488, 660ft-3.829/184.04 mph.

3:55 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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