Sun, 15 Oct 2017, 14:48 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 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
    1 Ron Capps                               4 John Force                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057  3.921 329.10                    -0.076 13.230  65.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.078  4.287 220.58      (T Johnson Jr) 0.048  4.413 234.61
 Qualified:             #2  3.872 329.58                       #10  3.957 327.90

1:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.66 inches, adjusted altitude 1,914 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Force is 55 - 34 against Capps in prior events.

Force is a little too quick off the line, turns on the red light, then backs off the throttle.

Capps goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Tim Wilkerson                         801 Jonnie Lindberg              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.067  3.904 331.45                     0.077  4.200 276.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.097  3.886 332.34      (M Hagan     ) 0.088  4.372 303.78
 Qualified:             #5  3.909 326.00                        #4  3.873 328.14

Wilkerson is 2 - 1 against Lindberg in prior events.

Wilkerson gets the advantage off the line and starts to pull away. lindberg gets about 300 feet out, starts hazing the tires, pedals once and then backs off the throttle.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                          771 Alexis DeJoria               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.063  3.865 331.77                     0.080  3.945 329.83
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.087  3.828 338.60      (B Tasca III ) 0.106  3.933 329.83
 Qualified:             #1  3.871 332.84                        #9  3.947 319.67

DeJoria is 6 - 5 against Hight in prior events.

Hight leaves the line, gets about 800 feet out and drifts to the right. DeJoria goes right down the groove with a decent pass but was falling behind all the way through the run. Hight takes the win with the quickest pass of the round.

Hight will have lane choice over Tim Wilkerson in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Daniel Wilkerson                        5 Jack Beckman                 
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.086  5.082 145.89
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Force     ) 0.117  3.975 317.05      (J Todd      ) 0.102  4.590 229.70
 Qualified:            #11  3.987 311.13                        #3  3.873 332.34

Wilkerson hits the throttle to do his burnout but the car doesn't move. They try to get the car to move but it appears to be locked up and they have to shut it down. Beckman leaves the line, gets about 400 feet out and goes up in smoke.

Capps will have lane choice ovBeckman in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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