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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 771 Alexis DeJoria 5 Bob Tasca III E1 0.058 4.505 186.87 ****WINNER**** 0.107 3.927 330.55 Qualified: #11 3.983 323.43 #6 3.898 331.6910:54 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 1,322 feet, track temperature 85 degrees. Bob Tasca is 129 - 117 (52%) in rd. 1 for his career. Alexis DeJoria is 5 -4 against Tasca overall and is 2 - 0 against him this year. DeJoria gets out of the gate first and stays in front for about 400 feet. She strikes the tires, makes a move toward the centerline, then she has to back off of the throttTasca goes right down the groove with a clean, straight pass and pulls away for the win. Bob Tasca III's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.060), 330 ft(-0.097),
660ft(0.073). MOV: 0.5297 seconds (more than 100 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 302 Dale Creasy Jr. 256 Blake Alexander E1 0.093 4.028 289.14 ****WINNER**** 0.110 3.953 298.01 Qualified: #13 4.094 305.77 #4 3.892 322.88Blake Alexander is 30 - 42 in rd. one matchups. Dale Creasy is making his 117th start. This is the first time Creasy Jr. and Alexander have faced each other in eliminations. Creasy gets the holeshot but Alexander pulls even at the sixty foot mark. Creasy was on a decent pass, then looks like the may have started chewing itself up about 900 feet out. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend but it still wasn't enough to take the win. Alexander makes a decent pass and pulls away for the win. Blake Alexander's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330
ft(0.012), 660ft(0.025). MOV: 0.0583 seconds (approximately 25 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 1 Matt Hagan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.249 No Time
Qualified: #1 3.868 333.25
Hagan makes a decent pass but something was hanging from the bottom of his car that trip the
sensors too soon and his time was not valid.Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 343 Chris King 28 Ron Capps E1 0.098 6.016 123.07 ****WINNER**** 0.085 3.854 333.41 Qualified: #15 7.334 98.49 #2 3.876 333.82Ron Capps is 39 - 5 in rd. 1 when qualified #2. Chris King is the 93rd driver to face Capps in eliminations. King has problems right off of the line. He stays with it for about 200 feet, puts a cylinder out, makes a move to the right, then backs off of the throttle. Capps goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the event, his quickest pass of the year, and pulls away for the win. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.219, 660ft-3.126/286.01
mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 121 Terry Haddock 3095 Bobby Bode E1 0.109 11.981 72.48 ****WINNER**** 0.107 4.353 250.51 Qualified: #14 4.242 290.51 #3 3.891 322.04This (#3) is the best starting spot for Bobby Bode. This is his 8th start and he is looking for his first round win. This is Terry Haddock's 301st race. His 4 round wins this year are the most for him in any single season. Haddock hits the throttle and goes up in smoke ending his day. Bode was mixing up cylinders from the start. He gets about 900 feet out, a lot of smoke starts coming from the headers, but he goes on through for the win. Tasca will have lane choice over Bode in
the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 703 Jim Campbell 71 Cruz Pedregon E1 0.100 4.005 313.22 ****WINNER**** 0.092 3.913 327.03 Qualified: #12 3.995 317.27 #5 3.896 328.62For his career Cruz Pedregon is 318 - 159 in rd. one (55%) He is 10 - 5 in rd. one this year (67%). This is Jim Campbell's 111th race. Pedregon is 2 - 0 against Campbell in prior events. Pedregon gets off the line first and starts pulling away. He drifts a little to the right, then gets close to the wall just after he goes through the lights. Campbell makes a clean pass but was falling behind all the way through the run. Pedregon will have lane choice over
Alexander in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 723 John Force 7000 Robert Hight E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 3.970 316.30 0.013 24.203 58.41 Qualified: #10 3.915 304.94 #7 3.898 327.11Robert Hight wins 75% of his rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. He is 7 - 8 against Force in rd. 1. For his career John Force wins 74% of his rd. 1 races. When these two meet Robert leaves first 55% of the time. Hight is 30 - 28 against Force in prior events. Hight stages,
double-steps the throttle. He idles down the track as Force pulls away. Force goes down the groove
with a decent pass to take the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 373 J.R. Todd 7 Tim Wilkerson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.082 3.895 330.39 0.088 4.220 222.22 Qualified: #9 3.915 330.72 #8 3.905 322.11Tim Wilkerson wins 64% of his rd. 1 races when he starts from the top half of the field.J.R. Todd is 10 - 6 against Wilkerson, 4 - 3 against him in rd. 1 and 2 - 0 against him this year. A coin flip off of the line, Todd gets the early lead. Wilkerson gets about 400 feet out, loses traction, and makes a move toward the centerline. Todd goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.247, 660ft-3.158/283.01 mph. Todd will have lane choice over Hagan in the next round.
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