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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 71 Cruz Pedregon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.099 3.940 322.73 0.093 3.965 319.37 Qualified: #5 3.942 324.67 #12 4.029 279.9611:27 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 1,387 feet, track temperature 95 degrees. Cruz Pedregon won here in 1992, 1994, 2011 & 2013. This is his 23rd time competing at this event. Capps is 35 - 25 against Pedregon in prior events. Pedregon leaves first but his lead didn't last long. Capps pulled ahead quickly, drifted to the right and flirted with the centerline, but stayed on the throttle and pulled away for the win. Pedregon makes his best run of the weekend but was falling behind all the way through the run. Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind):
60ft(0.028), 330 ft(0.025), 660ft(0.011). MOV: 0.0191 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Robert Hight 13 Cory Lee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.971 321.19 0.106 4.273 239.06
Qualified: #4 3.941 325.14 #13 4.076 310.05
This is the first time Hight and Lee have faced each other in eliminations.Hight gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Lee leaves the line, gets about 700 feet out and the car noses over, not sure why. Hight takes the win and will have lane choice over Capps in round
two. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 750 Del Worsham 496 John Hale E1 ****WINNER**** 0.171 3.925 324.67 0.120 6.812 95.90 Qualified: #1 3.917 323.58 #16 4.140 304.53Del Worsham won here in 2002 & 2004. Worsham is 2 - 0 against Hale in prior events. Hale
gets out of the gate first, gets about 300 feet out and has traction problems. Worsham goes right
down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far and pulls away for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 711 Jack Beckman 72 Tony Pedregon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.074 3.909 326.32 0.072 No Time Qualified: #2 3.919 323.97 #15 4.089 303.50Pedregon won this race in 2007. He is second in the points and needs this to keep pace with the leader Worsham. Beckman is 15 - 5 against Pedregon in prior events. They come off the line together but Beckman starts pulling away quickly. Pedregon loses a cylinder about 600 feet out, the car starts pushing to the left, then he takes out the timing block at the end of the track. Beckman goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend and a track record ET and speed to move on to the second round. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.856 sec., 330ft-2.224,
660ft-3.159/277.94 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Matt Hagan 256 Blake Alexander
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.082 4.381 246.08 -0.005 7.746 90.96
Qualified: #3 3.921 323.43 #14 4.081 303.50
Hagan won this race in 2010.Hagan is 2 - 1 against Alexander in prior events. Alexander
leaves just a little too quick and goes red. he gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and backs
off the throttle. Hagan gets about 500 feet out and strikes the tires. The pipes go wet on the right
side, the car makes a violent move to the right and he wisely backs off the throttle and steers the
car back into the center of the lane.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Tommy Johnson Jr. 3111 Chad Head
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.947 322.27 0.095 No Time
Qualified: #6 3.951 321.27 #11 4.024 314.02
Johnson Jr. is 3 - 1 against Head in prior events.Johnson gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Head starts to make up ground, gets about 600 feet out and starts hazing the tires. The car makes a quick move to the left, he crosses the centerline about 800 feet out and takes out the timing blocks at the end of the track. Johnson goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win. Johnson will have lane choice over Hagan in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 John Force 4 Courtney Force
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.042 3.998 324.83 0.076 4.874 160.98
Qualified: #7 3.960 320.28 #10 4.018 320.43
John Force has six wins at this event but none since 2005. He has been part of every NHRA
national event at this track,J. Force and C. Force have each won 7 times against the other in prior events. John gets out of the gate first, Courtney pulls even at the sixty foot mark, then she strikes the tires about 300 feet out and has to give up on the run. John goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win. John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.002), 330 ft(0.020), 660ft(0.293). MOV: 0.9109 seconds (more than 100 feet). Beckman will
have lane choice over John Force in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Tim Wilkerson 771 Alexis DeJoria
E1 0.101 4.751 167.70 ****WINNER**** 0.005 4.007 320.20
Qualified: #8 3.968 320.13 #9 3.969 318.09
Tim Wilkerson won here in 2008. This is his 17th race here.Wilkerson is 3 - 2 against DeJoria in prior events. DeJoria straps a huge holeshot on Wilkerson and gets out in front. Wilkerson starts to make up ground, gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. DeJoria goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win. Alexis DeJoria's incremental margins: 60ft(0.105), 330 ft(0.088), 660ft(0.287). MOV: 0.8401 seconds (more than 100 feet). Worsham will have lane choice
over DeJoria in the next round.
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