Sun, 01 May 2016, 14:43 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual SpringNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  746 Courtney Force                         28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.072  3.962 318.17                     0.057  4.674 179.56
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.077  3.951 321.04      (C Pedregon  ) 0.071  4.032 315.93
 Qualified:             #3  3.915 320.66                        #6  3.953 321.27

1:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.78 inches, adjusted altitude 2,656 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Capps is 11 - 5 against Force in prior events, 2 - 1 in round two.

Capps dropped a cylinder on the right side immediately and the unbalanced force drove him toward the wall. He started hazing the tires and lifted. Force won easily, but had "an incident" in the lights and the Safety Safari had to quench a few flames when they lifted the body.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                          3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E2                   0.071  3.971 321.58     ****WINNER****  0.043  3.985 316.97
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Hale      ) 0.122  3.939 321.73      (J Force     ) 0.057  3.987 316.97
 Qualified:             #2  3.910 324.90                        #7  3.969 315.56

DeJoria and Johnson Jr. have each won 5 times against the other in prior events, twice each in round two.

Nice drag race and TJ gets the win on a small holeshot. DeJoria was closing on the top end, ran out of race track.

Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.029), 660ft(0.023). MOV: 0.0147 seconds (approximately 7 feet). He won't have lane choice against Courtney Force in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Del Worsham                             2 Jack Beckman                 
E2                   0.081  3.944 324.59     ****WINNER****  0.068  3.949 325.22
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Simpson   ) 0.093  3.946 324.83      (R Hight     ) 0.070  3.958 319.67
 Qualified:             #4  3.923 325.92                       #12  4.123 262.64

Beckman is 17 - 8 against Worsham in prior events, 6 - 2 in round two.

Another small holeshot win, this one by Beckman. Jack Beckman's incremental margins: 60ft(0.013), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.008). MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hagan                             10 Tim Wilkerson                
E2                   0.066  3.954 324.59     ****WINNER****  0.084  3.926 323.50
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Head      ) 0.055  3.998 317.64      (J Campbell  ) 0.092  4.037 307.02
 Qualified:             #9  3.982 327.43                        #1  3.899 327.59

Hagan is 13 - 4 against Wilkerson in prior events, 5 - 2 in round two.

Hagan almost made it three holeshot wins in a row, but Wilkerson came up with low ET of the round and eked out the win.

Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.026), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(0.013). MOV: 0.0105 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Wilkerson will have lane choice against Beckman in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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