Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 03:16 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Del Worsham                             8 Bob Tasca III                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.098  4.085 309.49                     0.082  4.179 301.40
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.082  4.131 302.48      (T Pedregon  ) 0.110  4.136 301.87
 Qualified:            #12  4.249 277.43                        #4  4.126 302.89

1:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 2,021 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

Worsham is 4 - 3 against Tasca III in prior events, 1-1 this year.

Tasca was out in front off the line but that was about all. Worsham drives around him before they reach the sixty foot mark and slowly increases his lead all the way through the run with his quickest pass of the weekend.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                              4 Tim Wilkerson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.085  4.083 308.21                     0.052  4.168 293.73
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hight     ) 0.110  4.144 309.34      (D Creasy    ) 0.135  5.027 188.62
 Qualified:             #8  4.170 294.63                        #1  4.079 305.77

Force is 26 - 10 against Wilkerson in prior events, 1-1 this year.

Wilkerson gets off the line first but Force pulls even at the sixty foot mark. Force continues to pull away, then Wilkerson starts to mix up cylinders about 900 feet out.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.002), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.024). MOV: 0.0525 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                        2814 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.106  4.384 221.60     ****WINNER****  0.087  4.062 306.74
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.236  4.101 296.11      (J Arend     ) 0.076  4.105 305.15
 Qualified:             #6  4.129 299.26                       #14  4.291 295.72

Hagan is 5 - 2 against Pedregon in prior events, 1-0 this year.

Pedregon gets out of the groove early and slowly drifts to the left. he steers it back toward the center, then starts mixing up cylinders before backing off the throttle. Hagan makes an impressive run, right down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend so far.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Ashley Force Hood                       5 Jack Beckman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.135  4.085 308.92                     0.079  4.431 237.46
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Simpson   ) 0.111  4.089 308.57      (J Head      ) 0.111  4.124 302.08
 Qualified:             #2  4.100 307.72                        #7  4.132 305.01

Force-Hood and Beckman have each won 4 times against the other in prior events and they have have split one each this year.

Beckman gets a big advantage off the line but Force Hood reels him in quickly pulling even at the 60 foot mark. Beckman starts drifting to the left, then loses the engine just before half track. The flames start to get bigger as he goes through the lights and he brings the car to a halt in the shutdown area. Beckman climbs out of the car and raises the body until the Safety Safari arrives to extinguish the flames. Force Hood makes her quickest pass of the weekend and takes the win.

In the next round it will be John Force with lane choice over Worsham and Hagan with lane choice over Force-Hood.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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