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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 801 Jonnie Lindberg 77 Bob Tasca III E1 0.075 5.025 160.18 ****WINNER**** 0.057 3.969 317.79 Qualified: #13 4.050 314.24 #4 3.924 321.6511:37 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 27.94 inches, adjusted altitude 4,471 feet, track temperature 100 degrees. Lindberg and Tasca III have each won 2 times against the other in prior events. Lindberg gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. He pedals once, makes a move to
the right and he backs off the throttle. Tasca goes right down the groove with a clean,
straight pass to take the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 170 Jeff Arend 6 Tommy Johnson Jr. E1 0.072 7.197 92.39 ****WINNER**** 0.078 3.938 326.08 Qualified: #16 4.119 302.35 #1 3.879 327.82This is the first time in his career that Tommy Johnson has qualified #1 at three consecutive races. Jeff Arend is 4 - 17 in round 1 when starting from the #16 spot. Johnson Jr. is 10 - 1 against Arend in prior events. Arend gets a little
advantage off the line, gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. Johnson 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 7900 Richard Townsend 373 J.R. Todd E1 0.057 6.782 98.32 ****WINNER**** 0.079 3.935 321.27 Qualified: #15 4.060 308.50 #2 3.911 327.19This is the first time Townsend and Todd have faced each other in eliminations. Townsend gets out of the gate first but Todd reels him in before they
reach the sixty foot mark. Townsend gets about 300 feet out and goes up in smoke. Todd
makes a good pass and pulls away for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 703 Jim Campbell 4 Jack Beckman E1 0.270 4.035 300.33 ****WINNER**** 0.053 3.935 326.24 Qualified: #14 4.054 312.06 #3 3.922 327.19Jack Beckman won in Vegas in 2006 and was runner-up in 2009 & 2012. Beckman is 4 - 1 against Campbell in prior events. Beckman gets the holeshot and starts to pull away. Campbell goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend but was falling behind at every marker. Beckman goes on through with a clean pass to take the win. Jack
Beckman's incremental margins: 60ft(0.257), 330 ft(0.279), 660ft(0.286). MOV: 0.3175
seconds (more than 100 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 7 John Force E1 ****WINNER**** 0.060 3.954 325.22 0.045 3.972 330.31 Qualified: #12 3.971 315.71 #5 3.926 330.55John Force won here in 2002, 2010, 2013 & 2016. Ron Capps has 4 wins at this event. Ron starts the day with 700 Funny Car round wins and he is just the 2nd driver (J. Force) to record 700 or more wins in the class. This is the 98th meeting between these two and that is the 3rd most head-to-head meetings between any two pro drivers. This is the 20th time they have met in the first round. Force gets out of the gate first and starts extending his lead early. Capps is able to start making up ground after the 330 foot mark, then is able to just get around him at the stripe and take the win. Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.030), 660ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 19 inches). Capps 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 3 Courtney Force E1 0.080 3.975 308.35 ****WINNER**** 0.068 3.919 326.87 Qualified: #11 3.968 323.04 #6 3.926 328.46Courtney Force has been runner-up at this race three times including in each of the last two years. Cruz Pedregon won here in 2008. Pedregon and Force have each won 8 times against the other in prior events. Force gets the advantage off the line and never heads. Pedregon equals his quickest pass of the weekend but was falling behind all the way through the run. Force makes the quickest pass of the day so far to take the win. Courtney Force's incremental margins: 60ft(0.024), 330 ft(0.036), 660ft(0.048). MOV: 0.0681 seconds (approximately 31 feet). Force will have lane choice over Beckman in
the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 333 Shawn Langdon 1 Robert Hight E1 ****WINNER**** 0.078 3.922 325.85 0.051 4.643 186.41 Qualified: #10 3.965 319.67 #7 3.927 328.38Hight has won this race twice. Hight is 2 - 0 against Langdon in prior events. Hight gets out of the gate first but puts out a cylinder early in the run. Langdon gets around him quickly and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to pull away for the win. Shawn Langdon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.016), 330 ft(0.091), 660ft(0.250). MOV: 0.6948 seconds (more than 100 feet). Langdon will have
lane choice over Todd in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Matt Hagan 8 Tim Wilkerson
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.071 3.908 326.08 -0.091 5.608 124.44
Qualified: #9 3.949 322.65 #8 3.932 319.90
Matt Hagan is the defending event champion. Only one FC driver, Ron Capps, has
successfully defended their championship at this event.Hagan is 20 - 10 against Wilkerson in prior events. Wilkerson leaves too soon and goes red. he puts out a cylinder and then backs off the throttle. Hagan goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round and his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. Hagan
will have lane choice over Johnson in the next round.
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