Sun, 13 Nov 2011, 20:15 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2814 Matt Hagan                              8 Robert Hight                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.038  4.009 317.79                     0.054  4.031 318.92
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Pedregon  ) 0.029  4.096 309.34      (J Gray      ) 0.079  4.079 315.42
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.064  4.107 307.44      (R Capps     ) 0.088  4.091 311.77
E1    (J Capps     ) 0.045  4.092 309.77      (G Densham   ) 0.085  4.149 309.13
 Qualified:             #1  4.033 315.27                        #2  4.084 312.13

5:08 p.m. Hight is 7 - 5 against Hagan in prior events and Hight is 2 - 1 against Hagan in prior final rounds. This is a rerun of the Winternationals final round - Hight won that one on a holeshot.

Two great runs, but Hagan left first and pulled away with the third-quickest run in history, while Hight runs one of the fastest 1,000-foot speeds ever in a losing cause.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.033), 330 ft(0.028), 660ft(0.037). MOV: 0.0387 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.897 sec., 330ft-2.298, 660ft-3.240/272.61 mph.
Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.310, 660ft-3.261/271.02 mph.

I believe that's called 'Finishing with a flourish!"

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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