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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 333 Shawn Langdon E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 4.015 289.82 0.044 7.723 104.15 Qualified: #12 3.920 329.10 #5 3.861 332.3411:27 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 3,438 feet, track temperature 91 degrees. Langdon is 5 - 2 against Pedregon in prior events. Langdon hits the throttle
and goes up in smoke. He backs off of the throttle, gets about 200 feet out and gets back
on it. He goes up in smoke again and finally gives up on the run. Pedregon drifted out of
the groove late in the run, drops a cylinder and starts drifting toward the wall, but gets
it back to the middle of the lane as he goes through the lights. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 801 Jonnie Lindberg 1 J.R. Todd E1 ****WINNER**** 0.083 3.893 326.00 0.074 3.913 327.90 Qualified: #13 3.943 325.45 #4 3.856 333.58J.R. Todd made the final round in Top Fuel at this race three times and he won here in Funny Car last year. In 18 years of this event only one FC driver (Ron Capps) has ever won it in back-to-back years. Todd is 2 - 1 against Lindberg in prior events. Todd gets the advantage off of the line, stays in front to the sixty foot mark, then lindberg gets around him. Lindberg continues to pull away and goes on through with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. Jonnie Lindberg's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.004), 330 ft(0.006), 660ft(0.010). MOV: 0.0113 seconds (approximately 5 feet). Lindberg will have
lane choice over Pedregon in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 700 Steven Densham 9 John Force E1 0.058 3.958 320.20 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.927 325.92 Qualified: #14 4.028 313.29 #3 3.853 330.72John Force has won this race 4 times. Stephen Densham is the 387th driver to qualify for an NHRA Funny Car field and the 145th driver to face John Force in eliminations. John Force was 40 - 10 against Steven's father, Gary. Densham gets out of the gate first, stays in front past the 660 foot mark, then Force is finally able to get around him and take the close win. Densham makes his quickest pass of the weekend and just misses taking out the multi time champion for his first win. John Force's incremental margins
(negative if behind): 60ft(-0.035), 330 ft(-0.034), 660ft(-0.014). MOV: 0.0032 seconds
(approximately 18 inches). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 121 Terry Haddock 7 Jack Beckman E1 0.138 4.048 306.81 ****WINNER**** 0.070 3.879 329.67 Qualified: #16 4.142 290.07 #1 3.835 331.94Jack Beckman was the winner here in 2006 and runner-up in 2009 & 2012. He is 24 -2 in round 1 when starting from the #1 spot. The top qualifier in the FC class is 16 - 2 in round 1 at this event. Only 1 Funny Car driver (Robert Hight) has won this year when starting from the #1 spot. Beckman is 6 - 0 against Haddock in prior events. Beckman gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Haddock gets to the middle of the run, starts skating around, but he gets it under control and makes his quickest pass of the weekend. Beckman makes the quickest pass of the round so far and pulls away for the win. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.880 sec., 330ft-2.241, 660ft-3.144/284.56
mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 703 Jim Campbell 3 Tommy Johnson Jr. E1 0.100 4.160 299.93 ****WINNER**** 0.105 3.894 327.27 Qualified: #15 4.070 299.00 #2 3.840 331.04Johnson Jr. is 7 - 0 against Campbell in prior events. Campbell gets a small
holeshot but Johnson gets in front quickly. Campbell had a cylinder out on the left side
late in the run and slowed. Johnson goes on through with a good, clean pass to take the
win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 77 Bob Tasca III E1 0.080 3.911 329.67 ****WINNER**** 0.068 3.911 329.83 Qualified: #11 3.902 329.67 #6 3.862 332.02Bob Tasca starts the day in 5th place in the points. His 29 round wins for the year equals his best year ever. Ron Capps has won here four times with his last win coming in 2012. This is the 7th time in 19 years that he has started from the bottom half of the field at this event. Capps is 22 - 13 against Tasca III in prior events. Tasca gets the holeshot but Capps starts gaining ground quickly. They are even at the 330 foot mark, then Tasca is able to start inching ahead and pulls away for the holeshot win. Bob Tasca III's incremental margins: 60ft(0.011), 330 ft(0.000), 660ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0127 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Tasca will have lane choice over Force in the next
round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 116 Paul Lee 2814 Matt Hagan E1 0.092 3.927 325.45 ****WINNER**** 0.063 3.909 332.34 Qualified: #10 3.881 332.67 #7 3.872 332.34Matt Hagan won here in 2017 and was runner-up last year. Matt's win in Dallas was his 32nd and that moved him past Del Worsham and into 7th place on the all-time FC win list. Hagan is 6 - 0 against Lee in prior events. Hagan gets out of the gate first, Lee is able to keep pace for the first 330 feet, then Hagan starts pulling away. Hagan continues to extend his lead for the rest of the run and takes the win. Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(0.017), 660ft(0.035). MOV: 0.0479 seconds (approximately 23 feet). Johnson will have lane choice over Hagan in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Tim Wilkerson 2 Robert Hight
E1 0.079 3.970 315.64 ****WINNER**** 0.066 3.893 329.75
Qualified: #9 3.880 326.56 #8 3.876 332.84
Robert Hight won this race in 2009 & 2015. In 18 battles between the #8 & #9 FC
qualifiers at this race the #9 driver has won 10 times.Hight is 30 - 21 against Wilkerson in prior events. Hight gets the advantage off of the line and starts pulling away. Wilkerson loses a cylinder on the right about 300 feet out and Hight pulls away for the win. Robert Hight's incremental margins: 60ft(0.031), 330 ft(0.049), 660ft(0.065). MOV: 0.0901 seconds (approximately 42 feet). Beckman will have lane choice over Hight in
the next round.
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