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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Matt Hagan 801 Jonnie Lindberg
E1 0.075 5.186 257.38 ****WINNER**** 0.088 4.372 303.78
Qualified: #13 3.991 324.51 #4 3.873 328.14
11:25 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent,
barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 1,505 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.Matt Hagan is the defending event champion. He also won here in 2010. In 30 years at this track only one FC driver (J. Force) has ever won it in back-to-back years. Matt starts the day with 299 round wins. Only 9 drivers in the history of the FC class have ever won 300 or more rounds. Hagan and Lindberg have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Hagan hits the throttle, goes
up in smoke and has to back off the throttle. Lindberg starts pulling away but has traction
problems about 300 feet out. Hagan gets back on the throttle, Lindberg pedals and is able to stay
out in front and take the win. Lindberg goes through the lights, gets really close to the wall in
the shutdown area and has to steer it back to the left. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 750 Del Worsham 1 Ron Capps E1 0.096 4.474 244.43 ****WINNER**** 0.078 4.287 220.58 Qualified: #15 4.118 252.05 #2 3.872 329.58Ron Capps was runner-up here last year and in 2011. In his 20 starts at this event Ron is 10-10 in the first round. The only event on the current tour where he has a worst record in round one is Reading (10 - 12). Del Worsham won here in 2002, 2004 & 2015. Capps is 43 - 18 against Worsham in prior events. Capps gets away with one here. Worsham strikes the tires about 60 feet out and has to pedal. Capps makes it about 400 feet out and strikes the tires. Worsham recovers, starts making up ground, but Capps is able to hold him off and take the win. Ron Capps' incremental
margins: 60ft(0.024), 330 ft(0.128), 660ft(0.271). MOV: 0.2053 seconds (approximately 74
feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 373 J.R. Todd 5 Jack Beckman E1 0.062 5.140 190.78 ****WINNER**** 0.102 4.590 229.70 Qualified: #14 3.992 318.84 #3 3.873 332.34Jack Beckman has been runner-up twice at this race. J.R. Todd won here in Top Fuel in 2008. Todd is 1 - 0 against Beckman in prior events. Todd hits the throttle, gets about 60
feet out and strikes the tires. He pedals several times, moving around all over the track and
almost crossing the centerline about 700 feet out. Beckman loses traction about 300 feet out,
pedals two or three times but never recovers. Beckman is able to hang on and take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Robert Hight 703 Jim Campbell
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.087 3.828 338.60 0.131 4.053 318.54
Qualified: #1 3.871 332.84 #16 4.138 304.67
Robert Hight won here in 2006 & 2009. Robert has set top speed 12 times this year and that
equals the amount of times he set top speed in the last five years combined.Hight is 2 - 1 against Campbell in prior events. Hight gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. He drifts to the right all the way through the run, getting close to the timing block at the end of the track, but never backs off the throttle. He sets both ends of the track record and ties for the sixth fastest speed in history in the win. Campbell makes a clean, straight pass that would have
won any of the three previous races in the loss. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 9 Tim Wilkerson E1 0.050 4.439 195.70 ****WINNER**** 0.097 3.886 332.34 Qualified: #12 3.988 328.30 #5 3.909 326.00Tim Wilkerson won this race in 2008. Pedregon is 20 - 15 against Wilkerson in prior events. Pedregon gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. He extends his lead for about 400 feet, then he strikes the tires and has to pedal. Wilkerson is able to reel him in at that point and pull away for the win with his quickest pass of the weekend. Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.026), 330 ft(-0.034), 660ft(0.101). MOV: 0.5062 seconds (more than 100 feet). Wilkerson will have lane choice over Lindberg in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 348 Daniel Wilkerson 6 Courtney Force E1 ****WINNER**** 0.117 3.975 317.05 0.113 5.842 140.66 Qualified: #11 3.987 311.13 #6 3.928 331.94Courtney Force won this race in 2014. This is the first time Wilkerson and Force have faced each other in eliminations. Wilkerson had an engine explosion in the first round of qualifying and broke the body of his car. he was not able to get the car repaired to make any more qualifying passes. The crew scrambled all day yesterday to get the car ready for eliminations. They leave the line together, Force gets out in front early, then she goes up in smoke. Wilkerson is able to go around her and pull away for the win with his quickest pass ever. Daniel Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.009), 330 ft(0.367), 660ft(1.051). MOV: 1.8631 seconds (more than 100 feet). Wilkerson will have lane choice over Beckman in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 John Force 2 Tommy Johnson Jr.
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.048 4.413 234.61 0.053 4.467 192.44
Qualified: #10 3.957 327.90 #7 3.930 327.59
John Force has been to the final round 12 times at this event with six wins. Overall he is
60-24 at this race and he is an impressive 24-6 (80%) in the first round.Tommy Johnson has won 299 rounds in his FC career and that is tied for 10th best in the Funny Car class. Force gets a small advantage off the line but strikes the tires about 300 feet out. Johnson gets a few feet further and goes up in smoke. Force stays on the throttle, the engine backfires, but he is able to gets in front of Johnson and pull away for the win. John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.024), 330 ft(-0.036), 660ft(-0.095). MOV: 0.0592 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Capps will have lane choice over Force in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 771 Alexis DeJoria 77 Bob Tasca III E1 ****WINNER**** 0.106 3.933 329.83 0.092 4.444 209.82 Qualified: #9 3.947 319.67 #8 3.941 320.43Tasca III is 4 - 1 against DeJoria in prior events. Tasca gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. He extends his lead through the 330 foot mark, then he strikes the tires and has to back off the throttle. DeJoria goes around him and pulls away for the win with her quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. Alexis DeJoria's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.032), 330 ft(-0.053), 660ft(0.169). MOV: 0.4973 seconds (more than 100 feet). Hight will
have lane choice over DeJoria in the next round.
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