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KENT, Wash. - Results of final, round 4 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 28 Ron Capps 4 Tim Wilkerson E4 0.081 4.246 289.51 ****WINNER**** 0.092 4.221 292.39 Prior rounds: E3 (J Beckman ) 0.098 4.245 289.94 (M Hagan ) 0.100 4.249 290.38 E2 (A Force Hood) 0.109 4.177 294.75 (C Pedregon ) 0.101 4.193 300.20 E1 (P Lee ) 0.120 4.098 303.57 (B Tasca III ) 0.069 4.150 302.82 Qualified: #4 4.222 286.38 #11 4.277 287.235:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.58 inches, adjusted altitude 2,121 feet. Capps is 19 - 13 against Wilkerson in prior events and Capps is 2 - 0 against Wilkerson in prior final rounds. Capps has a career win/loss ratio of 30 to 33 in final rounds and is 0-1 this year. This is his sixth final round here. Wilkerson won two weeks ago at Norwalk and is in his third consecutive final round and has a 15-11 win-loss ratio in final rounds. He is 2-1 this year. Ford Mustang vs. Dodge Charger. Capps gives it his best effort and is off the line first and then has to watch Wilkerson pull dead even at the sixty foot lights. They run side by side through the 660 lights, with just a 0.001 advantage for Wilkerson. On the top end, it gets really interesting, when the Mustang's engine drops a hole. He has the momentum and just leads Capps through the lights for a six foot win. Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(0.010). MOV: 0.0147 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Ron Capps' incremental times:
60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.379, 660ft-3.407/249.16 mph.
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