Sun, 16 Oct 2016, 15:35 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Del Worsham                            28 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.085  3.900 327.11     ****WINNER****  0.045  3.904 321.35
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Johnson Jr) 0.086  3.907 324.75      (J Beckman   ) 0.029  3.964 300.26
E1    (C Head      ) 0.082  3.909 328.14      (T Wilkerson ) 0.085  3.859 325.92
 Qualified:             #6  3.857 326.95                        #7  3.864 322.96

2:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 3,264 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

Capps is 40 - 18 against Worsham in prior events.

Capps gets out of the gate first, extends his lead to the 660 foot mark, then Worsham starts to reel him in. Worsham starts inching closer but quickly runs out of race track. Capps takes the stripe for the holeshot win.

Ron Capps' incremental margins: 60ft(0.036), 330 ft(0.046), 660ft(0.047). MOV: 0.0361 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Robert Hight                            5 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.060  4.686 171.38     ****WINNER****  0.058  3.899 327.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A DeJoria   ) 0.085  3.885 329.83      (C Force     ) 0.061  3.896 329.34
E1    (B Welch     ) 0.094  3.866 329.99      (J Bojec     ) 0.092  3.888 330.63
 Qualified:             #1  3.839 332.02                        #4  3.851 328.22

Hagan is 14 - 9 against Hight in prior events.

Hight gets about 300 feet out, starts hazing the tires, makes a move to the right and has to back off the throttle. Hagan went right down the groove with his seventh run in the 3.8's this weekend.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.001), 330 ft(0.013), 660ft(0.236). MOV: 0.7898 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Hagan will have lane choice over Capps in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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