Sun, 05 Sep 2021, 11:14 AM Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 67th annual Dodge//SRT NHRA U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                        256 Blake Alexander              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.114  4.128 257.14                     0.067  6.081 110.88
 Qualified:             #7  3.915 321.88                       #10  3.970 318.69

Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 88 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,118 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Alexis DeJoria won here in 2014 and she beat Blake Alexander in rd. 2 of that race. DeJoria is 3 - 1 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander with the starting line advantage, but then got real loose and over by the wall before he clicked it off.

DeJoria started to lose traction but held on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                             703 Jim Campbell                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.064  6.401 292.58                     0.112  8.388  74.06
 Qualified:             #5  3.905 326.63                       #12  4.176 240.47

J.R. Todd has been to the final round here in 3 of the last 4 years.

This (#12) is the best starting spot for Jim Campbell at this event.

Todd is 6 - 2 against Campbell in prior events.

Todd with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit. He is off the throttle. Campbell starts to lose traction before he gets to the 330 feet and the car goes silent as the car lost pan pressure. Todd pedals it a couple times and gets it to hook up enough to chase down Campbell and take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  723 John Force                            139 Dave Richards                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096  4.788 182.75                     0.158  6.549  98.56
 Qualified:             #1  3.877 330.72                       #16 No Time      

John Force is 151 - 10 in round 1 when qualified #1. 2 of those losses came at this event (2005 & 2006)

Force is 5 - 0 against Richards in prior events.

Force with the starting line advantage, he starts to lose traction and makes a move toward the centerline. He is off the throttle and keeps it on his side of the track and gets back on the throttle and gets the win.

Richards starts to lose traction early

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Bob Tasca III                         116 Paul Lee                     
E1   ****WINNER****  0.079  3.882 331.69                     0.091 12.155  65.63
 Qualified:             #2  3.889 332.67                       #15  7.240  93.23

Tasca III is 8 - 1 against Lee in prior events.

Bob Tasca is 6 - 1 against Paul Lee in rd. 1.

Tasca III with the starting line advantage and never tailed for the win. He kept it hooked up and makes the quickest pass of race day. He will have lane choice over DeJoria in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7000 Robert Hight                          302 Dale Creasy Jr.              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  3.914 328.62                     0.088  6.739  94.43
 Qualified:             #3  3.889 329.67                       #14  6.609 105.81

Robert Hight is 9 - 0 against Creasy.

Dale Creasy Jr. made his first start here in 1997 and that was the first start of his career.

Hight with the starting line advantage and was straight down the groove with a good looking pass for the win.

Creasy Jr. lost traction early in the run and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                         121 Terry Haddock                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  3.929 323.66                     0.111 13.081  69.63
 Qualified:             #4  3.896 323.66                       #13  5.194 152.78

Pedregon is 8 - 0 against Haddock in prior events.

Cruz Pedregon is 7 - 0 against Haddock in rd. 1.

Cruz's 28 round wins here are the 4th most for any FC driver.

Pedregon with the starting line advantage and kept it hooked up and hitting pon all eight for the win. Pedregon will have lane choice over Todd for the win.

Haddock lost traction right at the hit and coasted down the track.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                            3007 Justin Schriefer             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  3.903 325.77                     0.083  6.496 102.64
 Qualified:             #6  3.907 326.08                       #11  4.097 302.55

Ron Capps wins 73% of his races when starting from the top half of the field

Justin Schriefer's #11 qualifying spot is the highest of his career.

Capps is 1 - 0 against Schriefer in prior events.

Capps with the starting line advantage and makes the second quickest pass of race day for the win. He will have lane choice over Hight in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Tim Wilkerson                        3095 Bobby Bode                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.107  4.611 218.72                     0.081  6.289 112.25
 Qualified:             #8  3.949 324.28                        #9  3.952 259.06

Tim Wilkerson wins 64% of his rd. 1 races when he has lane choice.

Bobby Bode is making his first start at this event.

This is the first time Wilkerson and Bode have faced each other in eliminations.

Bode with the starting line advantage, but lost traction by 200 feet nd he pedaled it. The car got out of the groove and over by the wall before he clicked it off.

Wilkerson started to lose traction and pedaled it, he was dropping cylinders. He got back on it, but the car went silent. He coast across the finish line for the win. He will give up lane choice to Force in the next round.

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