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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 782 Gary Densham 3 Matt Hagan E1 0.103 5.853 132.26 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.915 328.78 Qualified: #13 3.999 317.87 #4 3.882 330.1511:24 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.80 inches, adjusted altitude 4,439 feet, track temperature 104 degrees. This is the 480th race for Gary Densham who will be going into the Drag Racing Hall of Fame in March. Matt Hagan starts the day with 299 round wins. Hagan is 4 - 1 against Densham in prior events. Densham is a little behind off the line, gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires.
Hagan goes right down the groove with a good pass for the conditions and takes the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 170 Jeff Arend 6 Courtney Force E1 0.083 7.323 91.04 ****WINNER**** 0.095 6.044 152.85 Qualified: #15 4.075 303.71 #2 3.878 331.77Courtney Force was runner-up here last year and in 2013. This is Jeff Arend's first race since the Las Vegas event earlier this year (DNQ) and it's his first start since the Phoenix race in February. Arend and Force have each won 2 times against the other in prior events. For his career he is 11-21 against members of the Force family. This was a wild one. Arend gets the advantage off the line but Force goes around him before they reach the sixty foot mark. They both go up in smoke early, Force keeps pedaling , Arend gives up on the run. Force moves around all over the track but is able to get to the stripe and take the win. Courtney Force's incremental margins
(negative if behind): 60ft(-0.008), 330 ft(0.010), 660ft(0.428). MOV: 1.2679 seconds (more than
100 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Tim Wilkerson 8 Robert Hight
E1 0.085 3.922 327.74 ****WINNER**** 0.062 3.922 327.98
Qualified: #14 4.029 302.55 #3 3.880 329.99
Robert Hight won this race in 2009 & 2015. Robert "swept" the race in Dallas and it was the 5th
time in his career that he was the #1 qualifier, set low elapsed time, top speed and won the race.
Hight is 22 - 19 against Wilkerson in prior events. Tim Wilkerson's 19 wins against Robert are tied for the second-most for him against any opponent he has faced (he beat Tony Pedregon 23 times). Hight gets out of the gate first and starts extending his lead. Wilkerson starts making up ground a little past the 330 foot mark but Hight is able to hang on and take the holeshot win. Robert Hight's incremental margins: 60ft(0.032), 330 ft(0.040), 660ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0238 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 703 Jim Campbell 5 Jack Beckman E1 0.105 6.399 104.15 ****WINNER**** 0.066 3.918 330.15 Qualified: #16 4.089 313.00 #1 3.854 335.57Jack Beckman won here in 2006 and was runner-up in 2009 & 2012. This is his first #1 spot this year. When starting from the #1 spot Jack is 19-2 in the first round. This is the 33rd start for Jim Campbell. The #16 Funny Car qualifier is 2-14 in the first round at this event. Beckman is 2 - 1 against Campbell in prior events. Campbell is a little behind off the line, gets about 300
feet out and strikes the tires. Beckman goes right down the groove with a good pass and pulls away
for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 750 Del Worsham 373 J.R. Todd E1 ****WINNER**** 0.114 4.022 319.29 0.072 4.651 183.82 Qualified: #12 3.953 287.60 #5 3.884 330.23Del Worsham has won this race in both Top Fuel and Funny Car and he is the only driver to have done that. J.R. Todd was runner-up in Top Fuel at this race three times. This is the first time Worsham and Todd have faced each other in eliminations. Todd gets out of the gate first, gets about 300 feet out, loses traction and has to back off the throttle. Worsham goes around him a little past the 330 foot mark and pulls away for the win. Del Worsham's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.060), 330 ft(-0.082), 660ft(0.146). MOV: 0.5876 seconds (more than 100 feet). Hagan will have lane choice over Worsham in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 John Force 1 Ron Capps
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.056 4.469 231.75 0.078 5.245 142.42
Qualified: #11 3.928 328.14 #6 3.896 326.08
Ron Capps has won this race Ron Capps has won this race four times. He has won 678 rounds and
that ties him with Larry Dixon for 6th place on the all time professional list. Ron won his in 505 races while Larry won his in 430 races. John Force is the defending event champion. He also won this race in 2002, 2010 & 2013. This is the 91st time these two have met and that's the 2nd most meetings between any two Funny Car drivers (Force - Cruz, 103). Force is 55 - 35 against Capps in prior events. Force gets off the line first, gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. Capps goes up in smoke about the same time. Capps' engine explodes in a ball of flame and there is nothing he can do at that point. Force gets back on the throttle, makes a move to the left, but hangs on and takes the win. John Force's incremental margins: 60ft(0.008), 330 ft(0.014), 660ft(0.273). MOV: 0.7984 seconds (more than 100 feet). Hight 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
2 Tommy Johnson Jr. 801 Jonnie Lindberg
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.064 3.962 320.51 0.074 4.197 254.95
Qualified: #9 3.922 325.77 #8 3.916 279.27
Johnson Jr. is 4 - 1 against Lindberg in prior events.Johnson gets the holeshot but Lindberg starts reeling him in quickly. Lindberg gets close at the 330 foot mark, then he strikes the tires and has to give up on the run. Johnson goes right down the groove with a clean pass to take the win. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental margins: 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.005), 660ft(0.086). MOV: 0.2451 seconds (approximately 92 feet). Beckman will have lane choice over Johnson in the next
round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 771 Alexis DeJoria 71 Cruz Pedregon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.958 327.27 0.102 5.282 143.55 Qualified: #10 3.926 323.04 #7 3.897 329.67Cruz Pedregon was the 2008 champ at this event. This is the 7th time this year he has started from the top half of the field. This is the 17th time Alexis has started from the #10 spot and that is the most for her of any qualifying spot in the field. DeJoria is 6 - 3 against Pedregon in prior events. DeJoria gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Pedregon gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and gives up on the run. DeJoria goes on through for the win, makes a move to the left just past the finish line and gets close to the wall. Alexis DeJoria's incremental margins: 60ft(0.051), 330 ft(0.075), 660ft(0.534). MOV: 1.3538 seconds (more than 100 feet). DeJoria will have lane choice over Courtney Force in the next round.
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