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ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
8 Robert Hight 1 Ron Capps
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.054 3.877 332.34 0.038 3.927 329.18
Prior rounds:
E3 (T Wilkerson ) 0.072 3.898 331.85 (J Beckman ) 0.058 3.905 329.10
E2 (A Dejoria ) 0.063 3.865 331.77 (J Force ) 0.057 3.921 329.10
E1 (J Campbell ) 0.087 3.828 338.60 (D Worsham ) 0.078 4.287 220.58
Qualified: #1 3.871 332.84 #2 3.872 329.58
4:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent,
barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,024 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.Hight has three wins this year, 40 in his career. This is his sixth final this year. Capps has eight wins this year, 58 in his career. This is his 12th final round this year. Hight is 31 - 28 against Capps in prior events and Hight is 3 - 2 against Capps in prior final rounds. Capps gets out of the gate first but Hight is able to reel him in before they reach the sixty foot mark. He starts to pull away from him at that point and extends his lead through the rest of the run to take his 41st career win. Robert Hight's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.007), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.025). MOV: 0.0349 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Hight is now just 24 points behind
Capps in the points.
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