Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 15:59 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Robert Hight                            3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.221  4.047 313.58                     0.048  8.885  81.08
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Force     ) 0.086  4.064 312.57      (C Force     ) 0.075  4.093 309.13
E1    (J Bojec     ) 0.106  4.078 315.78      (J Hale      ) 0.081  4.054 312.42
 Qualified:             #2  3.971 322.96                        #3  3.976 318.32

3:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.10 inches, adjusted altitude 3,811 feet, track temperature 124 degrees.

Hight is 11 - 6 against Johnson Jr. in prior events. Hight has a 58% win ration is round tree races. Johnson has a 70% win ratio. Hight has won seven of the nine prior matchups.

This is only the 4th time in U.S. Nationals history that the top 4 Funny Car qualifiers have advanced to the semi-finals. The last time it happened was 1991.

Johnson gets a huge starting line advantage at the green and then strikes the tires hard. He does several quick pedal attempts to no avail.

Hight finally wakes up and lays down a great looking pass for the lucky win.

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.892 sec., 330ft-2.300, 660ft-3.270/267.11 mph.

Robert Hight was charged with an oildown, #2 for the season. That will cost 10 points and $2K.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  711 Jack Beckman                          750 Del Worsham                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.079  4.058 307.72                     0.084  4.189 299.20
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.060  4.057 311.41      (T Wilkerson ) 0.058  4.130 309.56
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.088  4.047 302.55      (C Head      ) 0.046  4.345 237.46
 Qualified:             #1  3.936 323.74                        #4  3.978 322.11

3:51 p.m. Cleanup over. Beckman is 16 - 6 against Worsham in prior events. Beckman has a 57% win ration is round three races. Worsham has a 65% win ratio.

Beckman gets a small lead off the line and pulls steadily ahead going down the track for the easy win. Worsham made a clean pass, but was well off of Beckman's pace.

Jack Beckman's incremental margins: 60ft(0.037), 330 ft(0.064), 660ft(0.106). MOV: 0.1365 seconds (approximately 60 feet).

Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.889 sec., 330ft-2.298, 660ft-3.271/265.53 mph.
Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.357, 660ft-3.372/254.28 mph.

3:54 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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