Sun, 15 Oct 2017, 16:16 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, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Ron Capps                               5 Jack Beckman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.058  3.905 329.10                     0.067  4.468 196.13
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Force     ) 0.057  3.921 329.10      (D Wilkerson ) 0.086  5.082 145.89
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.078  4.287 220.58      (J Todd      ) 0.102  4.590 229.70
 Qualified:             #2  3.872 329.58                        #3  3.873 332.34

3:07 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,024 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Capps is 35 - 19 against Beckman in prior events.

Capps gets the holeshot but Beckman goes around him before they reach the sixty foot mark. Beckman stays in front to the 330 foot mark, then he strikes the tires, pedals once and can't recover. Capps goes around him and goes right down the groove to take the win.

Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.004), 330 ft(-0.005), 660ft(0.174). MOV: 0.5729 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Capps is going to his 12th final round this year.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                            9 Tim Wilkerson                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.072  3.898 331.85                     0.140  3.954 316.60
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Dejoria   ) 0.063  3.865 331.77      (J Lindberg  ) 0.067  3.904 331.45
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.087  3.828 338.60      (C Pedregon  ) 0.097  3.886 332.34
 Qualified:             #1  3.871 332.84                        #5  3.909 326.00

Hight is 21 - 19 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Hight is behind Capps in the points and needs this win to keep pace.

Hight gets a big holeshot, goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win. Wilkerson makes a decent pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

Hight will be going to his sixth final round this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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