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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Cruz Pedregon 373 J.R. Todd
E1 0.115 3.992 281.54 ****WINNER**** 0.058 3.944 328.54
Qualified: #13 3.945 318.77 #4 3.870 333.33
Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 30.08
inches, adjusted altitude 2,965 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.J.R. Todd is 6 - 1 against Pedregon in Rd. 1 races. Cruz Pedregon is 4 - 13 overall (24%) against Todd. That's his worst percentage against any racer he has faced (minimum 5 races). Todd with the starting line advantage
and never trailed for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 3095 Bobby Bode 3 Bob Tasca III E1 0.100 4.152 243.11 ****WINNER**** 0.090 3.884 325.30 Qualified: #14 3.948 306.88 #3 3.865 330.80Bob Tasca is 150 - 121 in Rd. 1. Bobby Bode is 0 - 3 against Tasca. Tasca III with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He was straight down the groove. Bode
started to lose traction and clicked it off early. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 170 Jeff Arend 8 Robert Hight E1 0.145 4.161 285.35 ****WINNER**** 0.093 3.881 331.04 Qualified: #16 4.137 310.77 #1 3.857 331.77The #1 FC qualifier has only won this race 3 times in 21 years. The last time the #16 FC qualifier won a round here was 2007 (J. Head). Hight is 20 - 2 against Arend in prior events. Hight with the starting line advantage and was straight down the groove for the win Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 700 Steven Densham 14 Matt Hagan E1 0.094 4.121 275.00 ****WINNER**** 0.089 4.123 254.62 Qualified: #15 4.040 306.60 #2 3.862 330.23Matt Hagan qualified #2 and the #2 FC qualifier at this race is 17 - 4 in Rd. 1. Steven Densham is making his 9th start. This is the first time Densham and Hagan have faced each other in eliminations. Hagan with the starting line advantage and holds on to win on a hole shot win.
Hagan drops a cylinder right at the hit and labors on down track for the win. Matt Hagan's MOV:
0.0032 seconds (approximately 15 inches).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 256 Blake Alexander 5 John Force E1 0.076 5.715 123.79 ****WINNER**** 0.089 3.915 326.56 Qualified: #12 3.944 288.89 #5 3.873 324.28John Force wins 80% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Blake Alexander is 0 - 4 against Force. He is 1 of 61 drivers who have raced Force and never beaten him. Alexander with the starting line advantage, but started to smoke the tires and clicked it off. Force is straight down the
groove for the win. He will have lane choice over Todd in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Jim Campbell 1 Ron Capps E1 0.092 4.008 315.78 ****WINNER**** 0.099 3.891 330.07 Qualified: #11 3.944 298.54 #6 3.889 332.59Ron Capps is 15 - 0 against Campbell and 12 - 0 in first round races. Jim Campbell is making his 123rd start. Campbell with the slight starting line advantage, but Capps has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trails from there on for the win. He will give up lane choice to Tasca III. Campbell gets loose and is out of the groove over by the wall, he stays with
it. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 473 Chad Green 9 Tim Wilkerson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.082 3.944 321.88 0.095 3.932 328.54 Qualified: #10 3.941 321.19 #7 3.912 326.08Tim Wilkerson is 23 - 28 in Rd.1 when qualified #7. Chad Green is 2 - 2 vs. Wilkerson. Green
with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Chad
Green's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 9 inches). Green will have lane choice over Hagan in the
next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 116 Paul Lee 6 Alexis DeJoria E1 0.097 9.415 76.88 ****WINNER**** 0.108 3.906 328.86 Qualified: #9 3.933 321.35 #8 3.917 327.03Alexis DeJoria is #8 and the #8 FC qualifier at this race is 10 - 11 in Rd. 1. Paul Lee is making his 101st start. Lee with the starting line advantage, but starts to lose traction and
clicks it off. DeJoria is straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend for the
win. She will give up lane choice to Hight in the next round.
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