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Sun, 02 Oct 2022, 16:08 PM

Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Ron Capps                               5 John Force                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.078  3.884 332.02                     0.081  3.950 328.46
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.066  3.927 328.30      (J Todd      ) 0.076  3.968 324.28
E1    (D Wilkerson ) 0.062  3.938 328.86      (T Haddock   ) 0.125  3.925 326.24
 Qualified:             #3  3.863 331.94                        #2  3.853 334.15

2:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 1,494 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.
John Force's win in Rd. 2 was the 72nd holeshot win of his career.
Ron Capps is 6-3 against John Force this year including beating him at 3 of the last 4 races.
Force is 68 - 51 against Capps in prior events.
A good side-by-side, both right down the groove. A coin flip off of the line, Capps starts pulling away. He extends his lead at every marker and runs the quickest pass of the day to take the win.
Ron Capps' incremental margins: 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.047), 660ft(0.056). MOV: 0.0699 seconds (approximately 34 feet).

Capps is going to his 138th final round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                           14 Matt Hagan                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.079  3.913 327.59                     0.058  3.945 330.31
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.100  3.903 330.72      (B Tasca III ) 0.069  3.943 325.14
E1                   0.079  4.076 238.60      (J Campbell  ) 0.084  4.121 275.62
 Qualified:             #1  3.853 336.32                        #4  3.867 335.48

Robert Hight is 5-1 against Matt Hagan this year and 10-3 over the past 4 years.
Another good side-by-side. Hagan gets out of the gate first, stays in front past the 330 foot mark, then hight gets around him and pulls away for the win.
Robert Hight's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.011), 330 ft(-0.010), 660ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0110 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Hight is going to his 95th final round and will give up lane choice to Capps.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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