Sun, 01 Oct 2017, 14:32 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Courtney Force                          4 John Force                   
E2                   0.094  3.888 328.30     ****WINNER****  0.041  3.913 330.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.080  3.884 334.32      (B Stewart   ) 0.091  5.566 228.58
 Qualified:             #7  3.877 329.50                        #2  3.832 334.65

1:19 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,154 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

J. Force is 14 - 9 against C. Force in prior event.

John gets out of the gate first but Courtney starts reeling him quickly. Courtney keeps making up ground to the 660 foot mark, then John is able to start pulling away again and takes the stripe for the win.

John Force's incremental margins: 60ft(0.039), 330 ft(0.014), 660ft(0.022). MOV: 0.0281 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Matt Hagan                              8 Robert Hight                 
E2                   0.057  4.253 216.17     ****WINNER****  0.034  3.919 330.31
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.063  3.838 334.73      (D Creasy    ) 0.085  3.872 336.57
 Qualified:             #8  3.894 330.96                        #1  3.830 333.91

Hagan is 15 - 10 against Hight in prior events.

Hight gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. hagan puts out a cylinder about 500 feet out, the car makes a hard move to the left, then back to the right, and he has to back off the throttle. Hight made a move to the left near the end of the run but takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Ron Capps                               5 Jack Beckman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.070  3.885 328.86                     0.078  3.895 332.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.075  3.908 328.70      (D Worsham   ) 0.082  3.850 333.49
 Qualified:             #3  3.849 332.51                        #6  3.873 331.77

Capps is 34 - 19 against Beckman in prior events.

Capps is the points leader and needs to win this round to stay ahead of Hight.

Capps gets a little holeshot, they are almost even at the sixty foot mark and they stayed glued together all the way through the run. Capps runs a tick quicker and holds off Beckman to take the win.

Capps will have lane choice over John Force in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  801 Jonnie Lindberg                       771 Alexis DeJoria               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.870 330.96                     0.094  3.939 325.45
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.087  3.942 326.48      (C Pedregon  ) 0.118  3.886 329.34
 Qualified:             #5  3.871 330.96                        #4  3.863 333.16

DeJoria is 2 - 0 against Lindberg in prior events.

Lindberg gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. DeJoria makes a decent pass but was falling behind all the way through the run. Lindberg takes the win with the quickest pass of the round.

Lindberg will have lane choice over hight in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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