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Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 15:59 PM

Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                          4 John Force                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  3.892 329.02                     0.048  3.909 331.94
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.079  3.883 330.96      (J Beckman   ) 0.038  3.896 335.48
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.100  4.416 210.05      (J Campbell  ) 0.108  3.901 333.25
 Qualified:            #10  3.941 327.43                        #3  3.852 334.15

2:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 28.64 inches, adjusted altitude 3,350 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.
Force is 16 - 10 against DeJoria in prior events.

This was a great side-by-side drag race! They were glued together all the way down the track. Alexis DeJoria's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.013), 660ft(0.005). MOV: 0.0028 seconds (approximately 16 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                            2 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3                   0.076  9.806  78.40     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.875 128.60
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.076  3.828 336.23      (C Force     ) 0.098  3.932 326.48
E1    (D Creasy    ) 0.081  3.850 331.45      (J Lindberg  ) 0.028  3.922 328.86
 Qualified:             #1  3.793 338.00                        #5  3.880 329.58

Hight is 17 - 11 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Both drivers had problems early. Hight thought Johnson turned on the red light and he didn't try to pedal it. Johnson lost traction and he pedaled it numerous times to get down the track. Johnson will give lane choice to DeJoria in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink