Sun, 02 Oct 2016, 16:19 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual Dodge NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hagan                             28 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.072  3.893 333.58     ****WINNER****  0.050  3.893 327.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Bojec     ) 0.075  3.869 332.75      (T Wilkerson ) 0.051  3.898 325.61
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.067  4.112 325.22      (A DeJoria   ) 0.084  4.144 309.84
 Qualified:             #1  3.873 333.99                        #4  4.192 325.06

4:12 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 1,981 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Capps is 24 - 15 against Hagan in prior events.

Capps and Hagan had additional ETs with a pair of strong runs down the track. The difference that earned Capps the win was a 0.022 second advantage at the starting line. Capps will move on to the final round of eliminations.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jack Beckman                            3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3                   0.050  3.899 327.51     ****WINNER****  0.029  3.892 328.94
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Worsham   ) 0.054  3.850 332.26      (M Smith     ) 0.073  4.025 325.37
E1    (C Head      ) 0.058  3.872 330.80      (C Pedregon  ) 0.051  3.909 327.27
 Qualified:            #11  9.998  63.76                        #2  3.897 330.80

Beckman set track ET records with his first and second round runs today. He was 16 - 8 against Johnson Jr. in prior events but this time the win went to Johnson. Johnson was quicker out of the gate and was quicker to the finish line for the win. Johnson won lane choice over Capps by 0.001 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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