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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 496 John Hale E1 ****WINNER**** 0.088 4.002 320.74 0.123 4.199 300.26 Qualified: #4 3.937 327.19 #13 4.095 305.6311:25 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,247 feet, track temperature 90 degrees. Ron Capps has three wins here and that ties him with John Force for the most in the Funny Car class. Capps is 2 - 0 against Hale in prior events. Capps gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Hale keeps him honest, going right down the groove with a clean pass, but Capps was increasing his lead all the way through the run. Ron Capps' incremental margins: 60ft(0.077), 330 ft(0.140),
660ft(0.187). MOV: 0.2328 seconds (more than 100 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 711 Jack Beckman 303 John Bojec E1 ****WINNER**** 0.069 5.308 135.96 -0.063 5.345 161.92 Qualified: #3 3.907 327.27 #14 4.132 302.82This is the first time Beckman and Bojec have faced each other in eliminations. Beckman dodges
a bullet on this one. Bojec leaves a little too soon and goes red. He gets about 300 feet out and
goes up in smoke. Beckman hits the throttle, gets about 300 feet out, goes up in smoke and has to
give up on the run. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 750 Del Worsham 72 Tony Pedregon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.945 325.69 0.059 4.884 184.19 Qualified: #2 3.899 327.82 #15 4.149 293.98Tony Pedregon won twice at this track, in 2001 & 2006. Del Worsham won twice here, in 2003 & 2009. Worsham made the third quickest run ever and had a backup for the national record. Pedregon is 39 - 25 against Worsham in prior events. Pedregon gets out of the gate first but Worsham
started reeling him in quickly. Pedregon gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. He pedals a
couple of times, can't get the car to recover, then gives up on the run. Worsham goes right down the
groove with a clean pass to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Matt Hagan 556 Brian Stewart
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 3.955 325.22 0.116 4.132 303.71
Qualified: #1 3.883 330.47 #16 4.397 252.61
This is the 21st #1 qualifying spot for Matt Hagan. He has won four races when starting from the
top of the field. Matt now has recorded the two quickest runs in FC history. He will need to run
3.922 or quicker to back up his run from last night to set the record.This is the first time Hagan and Stewart have faced each other in eliminations. Hagan gets off the line first and starts to pull away. Stewart makes a clean straight pass but was falling behind all the way through the run. Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.096), 330 ft(0.147), 660ft(0.166). MOV: 0.2093
seconds (approximately 93 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Tommy Johnson Jr. 771 Alexis DeJoria
E1 0.059 4.332 211.49 ****WINNER**** 0.064 3.966 292.77
Qualified: #5 3.941 318.54 #12 4.073 305.91
Johnson gets off the line first but DeJoria starts to reel him in quickly. Johnson gets about
600 feet out, starts to haze the tires, then the car makes a hard move to the right and he has to
back off the throttle. DeJoria goes on through with her quickest pass of the weekend to take the
win.DeJoria will have lane choice over Capps in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 3111 Chad Head E1 ****WINNER**** 0.074 4.025 267.32 0.100 6.863 90.67 Qualified: #6 3.942 321.12 #11 4.046 313.15Pedregon is 3 - 0 against Head in prior events. Head leaves the line, starts to move around, then strikes the tires about 200 feet out and has to give up on the run. Pedregon was on a good pass but looked like he put a cylinder out about 800 feet out. He stays on the throttle, the engine starts eating itself and word comes from the track that their is oil in Pedregon's lane. This is Pedregon's sixth oildown this year and it will cost him $3000. Pedregon will have lane choice over
Beckman in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Courtney Force 9 Tim Wilkerson
E1 0.071 5.263 187.23 ****WINNER**** 0.078 3.983 323.12
Qualified: #7 3.953 325.30 #10 3.998 318.02
Tim Wilkerson won here in 2008.Courtney Force is the defending event champion. Force is 8 - 2 against Wilkerson in prior events. Force gets the advantage off the line, stays in front pas the sixty foot mark, then starts to haze the tires. She pedals, stays on the throttle for the rest of the run but can't get the slicks to bite. Wilkerson goes around her quickly and pulls away for the win with his quickest pass of the weekend. Worsham will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the next round. Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.041), 330 ft(0.173),
660ft(0.754). MOV: 1.2739 seconds (more than 100 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 John Force 5 Robert Hight
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 4.670 172.85 0.036 6.440 103.15
Qualified: #8 3.985 322.42 #9 3.994 313.22
Robert Hight won the 2010 race here. .John Force won here in 1999, 2002 and 2013.Force and Hight have each won 19 times against the other in prior events. Hight gets out of the gate first, gets about 300 feet out, goes up in smoke and backs off the throttle. Force gets out of the groove, makes a move toward the centerline about 500 feet out and has to back off the throttle to stay in his lane. Force goes on through and takes the win. John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.043), 330 ft(0.187), 660ft(0.888). MOV: 1.7229 seconds (more than 100 feet). Hagan will have lane choice over Force in the next round.
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