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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 77 Bob Tasca III 5 Matt Hagan E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 3.998 319.37 0.070 4.058 317.12 Qualified: #2 3.950 322.27 #15 4.169 255.9211:35 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 73 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 3,299 feet, track temperature 111 degrees. Matt Hagan has won this race twice. Bob Tasca was the 2012 winner of this race. Tasca III and Hagan have each won 8 times against the other in prior events. Hagan has been having issues all weekend and hasn't made a full pass under power. Tasca gets out of the gate first but Hagan pulls even at the 60 foot mark. Tasca starts pulling away again and goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the win. Hagan makes a full pass on this one but it wasn't enough. Bob Tasca III's
incremental margins: 60ft(0.001), 330 ft(0.047), 660ft(0.069). MOV: 0.0791 seconds (approximately
37 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Tommy Johnson Jr. 121 Terry Haddock
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 3.981 324.44 0.102 5.079 150.15
Qualified: #1 3.918 321.73 #16 5.142 148.20
This is the first time Johnson Jr. and Haddock have faced each other in eliminations.Johnson
gets a big holeshot and goes right down the groove with a good pass, running the top speed of the
event, and he takes take the win. Haddock rattles the tires early, gets about 300 feet out and
clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Tim Wilkerson 717 Jeff Diehl
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.091 4.007 314.09 0.141 6.399 103.46
Qualified: #3 3.958 315.64 #14 4.140 257.38
Tim Wilkerson, who has gone from 10th place at the start of the Countdown to 4th place now, was
the 2008 winner at this race. His 393 round wins are 7th best in the history of the FC
class.Wilkerson and Diehl have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Wilkerson
gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Diehl gets about 200 feet out, strikes the
tires and gives up on the run. Wilkerson goes right down the groove with a clean pass to take the
win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 373 J.R. Todd 496 John Hale E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 3.982 321.35 0.148 5.554 129.49 Qualified: #4 3.962 320.05 #13 4.103 293.03This is the first time Todd and Hale have faced each other in eliminations. Todd gets out of
the gate first, skates around a little near the end of the run, but makes a good pass to take the
win. Hale gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Jack Beckman 3 Courtney Force
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.082 3.969 317.27 0.082 3.985 318.17
Qualified: #5 3.968 316.52 #12 4.079 272.28
Jack Beckman was runner-up in here in 2009 & 2015. Courtney Force won here in 2014.Beckman and Force have each won 10 times against the other in prior events. A dead heat off the line, Beckman gets the early lead. He extends his lead to the 330 foot mark, then Force starts making up ground. They both go right down the groove with good passes and Beckman hangs on for the win. Jack Beckman's incremental margins: 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.027), 660ft(0.012). MOV: 0.0163 seconds (approximately 8 feet). Beckman will have lane choice over Todd in the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Robert Hight 703 Jim Campbell
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 3.942 320.05 0.108 6.521 101.08
Qualified: #6 3.979 314.83 #11 4.051 310.63
Robert Hight won this race three times and he is the defending event champion. In the 31 year
history of this race John Force is the only FC driver to win in back-to-back years. Robert's win in
St. Louis was his 44th and that moved him past Tony Pedregon and into 3rd place on the all-time FC
win list.Hight is 3 - 1 against Campbell in prior events. Hight gets the holeshot, goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far and takes the win. Campbell gets about 200 feet out, strikes the tires and backs off the throttle. Hight will have lane choice over
Wilkerson in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 7 John Force E1 0.062 4.024 314.39 ****WINNER**** 0.069 3.986 325.30 Qualified: #7 3.986 317.12 #10 4.045 319.67John Force has been to the final round 12 times at this event and he won here 6 times, the most recent coming in 2005. He is 25 -6 in round 1 in Ennis (81%). Ron Capps has been runner-up here three times including each of the last two years. Force is 57 - 39 against Capps in prior events. Capps gets a little advantage off the line, stays in front for the first 600 feet, then Force is able to get around him and pull away for the win. John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.016), 330 ft(-0.016), 660ft(0.008). MOV: 0.0314 seconds (approximately 14 feet). Force will have lane choice over Tasca in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 333 Shawn Langdon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.288 4.015 310.27 0.146 4.495 217.60 Qualified: #8 3.999 315.19 #9 4.003 310.91Shawn Langdon was runner-up in TF here three times including last year. Cruz Pedregon's 4 wins are the second most for any FC driver at this race (Force 6). He also has 3 runner-up finishes here. Langdon is 2 - 0 against Pedregon in prior events. Langdon gets out of the gate first but Pedregon starts reeling him in quickly. Langdon pedals about 400 feet out, the traction problems continue, then Pedregon goes around him and pulls away for the win. Cruz Pedregon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.094), 330 ft(-0.067), 660ft(0.066). MOV: 0.3382 seconds (more than 100 feet). Johnson will have lane choice over Pedregon in the next
round.
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