Sun, 10 Nov 2013, 19:56 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                           2814 Matt Hagan                   
E4                   0.047  4.057 317.94     ****WINNER****  0.047  4.018 320.66
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Densham   ) 0.087  4.043 314.83      (C Pedregon  ) 0.049  4.057 315.56
E2    (J Arend     ) 0.067  5.533 183.94      (J Gray      ) 0.066  4.070 309.98
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.090  4.036 317.12      (A DeJoria   ) 0.069  4.059 315.27
 Qualified:             #1  3.995 319.37                        #2  4.014 320.20

4:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 19 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,789 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Force and Hagan have each won 8 times against the other in prior events and each has won 2 times against the other in final rounds.

This is John Force's 225th final round, with 138 prior wins, in 635 races. This season he has been in nine finals, with four prior wins, including the last three events in a row.

This is Hagan's 24th career final, with nine prior wins, in 120 races. This season he has been in nine finals, with four prior wins.

Force finishes the season as the 2013 Mello Yello Champion, Hagan is the runner-up.

Identical reaction times, but Hagan took the lead in the first 60 feet and slowly extended it in the second half of the run.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.027), 660ft(0.037). MOV: 0.0396 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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