Sun, 20 Sep 2015, 17:36 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Tommy Johnson Jr.                     750 Del Worsham                  
E4                   0.058  4.119 300.93     ****WINNER****  0.056  4.086 307.16
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A DeJoria   ) 0.070  4.118 299.33      (J Force     ) 0.053  4.138 297.29
E2    (C Force     ) 0.067  4.095 302.08      (M Hagan     ) 0.054  4.235 290.69
E1    (B Gilbertson) 0.088  4.338 303.71      (D Richards  ) 0.087  4.120 304.94
 Qualified:             #1  3.971 312.42                        #2  3.993 318.32

5:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 3,491 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.

Worsham is 17 - 9 against Johnson Jr. in prior events and Johnson Jr. is 1 - 0 against Worsham in prior final rounds. They last met in the final round in Seattle earlier this year with Johnson winning that one.

Johnson has 10 event wins, two this year.

Worsham has 26 event wins, none this year.

Whoever wins this race will leave here with the points lead.

They leave the line together, stay together to the sixty foot mark, then Worsham starts inching ahead and hangs on for the win.

Del Worsham's incremental margins: 60ft(0.002), 330 ft(0.019), 660ft(0.023). MOV: 0.0358 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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