Sun, 25 Jul 2010, 04:30 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 31st annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                             71 Cruz Pedregon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.084  4.287 294.24                     0.005  4.793 195.85
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Tasca III ) 0.065  4.280 293.66      (D Worsham   ) 0.040  4.282 299.20
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.108  4.221 296.24      (J Arend     ) 0.129  4.191 301.20
 Qualified:             #2  4.191 296.76                        #6  4.238 296.96

2:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 24.27 inches, adjusted altitude 9,637 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Force is 55 - 25 against Pedregon in prior events.

Pedregon had the lead until he started dropping cylinders just past the 330-foot mark.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.045), 330 ft(-0.058), 660ft(0.127). MOV: 0.4275 seconds (more than 100 feet).

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.452, 660ft-3.462/255.05 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Robert Hight                         2814 Matt Hagan                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.082  4.218 296.50                     0.079  4.237 290.51
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.074  4.251 293.54      (J Beckman   ) 0.091  4.276 289.69
E1    (J Day       ) 0.083  4.319 286.25      (J Wyatt     ) 0.082  4.231 294.18
 Qualified:             #4  4.218 295.34                        #1  4.161 301.33

Hight is 3 - 2 against Hagan in prior events.

A good looking drag race! Hight will have lane choice against his boss in the final round.

Robert Hight's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.008), 330 ft(-0.016), 660ft(0.004). MOV: 0.0166 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.920 sec., 330ft-2.382, 660ft-3.395/254.86 mph.
Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.402/249.90 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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