Sun, 28 Oct 2018, 16:46 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
   77 Bob Tasca III                          28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  3.943 322.11                     0.066  3.963 322.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lindberg  ) 0.057  3.969 317.79      (J Force     ) 0.060  3.954 325.22
 Qualified:             #4  3.924 321.65                       #12  3.971 315.71

1:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.89 inches, adjusted altitude 4,681 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Capps is 21 - 10 against Tasca III in prior events.

They leave the line together, Capps gets a small lead at the sixty foot mark, then Tasca drives around and pulls away for the win.

Bob Tasca III's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(0.003), 660ft(0.016). MOV: 0.0202 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  333 Shawn Langdon                         373 J.R. Todd                    
E2                   0.130  5.134 145.96     ****WINNER****  0.065  3.957 320.36
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hight     ) 0.078  3.922 325.85      (R Townsend  ) 0.079  3.935 321.27
 Qualified:            #10  3.965 319.67                        #2  3.911 327.19

Todd gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Langdon gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and has to give up on the run. Todd pulls away and takes the win while extending the points lead over Hight.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hagan                              6 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.084  3.919 326.08                    -0.027  5.395 133.38
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.071  3.908 326.08      (J Arend     ) 0.078  3.938 326.08
 Qualified:             #9  3.949 322.65                        #1  3.879 327.82

Hagan is 15 - 10 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Johnson leaves too soon and clicks it off about 400 feet out. Hagan goes down the groove with a clean pass of the weekend to take the win.

Hagan will have lane choice over Tasca in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Jack Beckman                            3 Courtney Force               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.074  3.951 320.51                     0.063  3.969 320.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.053  3.935 326.24      (C Pedregon  ) 0.068  3.919 326.87
 Qualified:             #3  3.922 327.19                        #6  3.926 328.46

Beckman is 11 - 10 against Force in prior events.

Force gets the advantage off the line, stays in front past the 660 foot mark, then loses a cylinder. Beckman gets around her at that point and pulls away for the win.

Beckman will have lane choice over Todd in the next round.

Jack Beckman's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.016), 330 ft(0.007), 660ft(0.002). MOV: 0.0077 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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