Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 05:04 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Bob Tasca III                          71 Cruz Pedregon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.112  4.152 299.13                     0.120  4.170 300.00
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.099  4.198 301.13      (J Arend     ) 0.105  4.543 225.82
 Qualified:             #5  4.130 304.39                        #4  4.112 304.19

1:44 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,098 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Pedregon is 6 - 1 against Tasca III in prior events. Ford vs. Toyota.

What a great close drag race. Tasca gets a small advantage at the green and Pedregon matches his incrementals at the 60 and 330 foot lights. Tasca starts to pull slightly further ahead and stays there for the close win.

Bob Tasca III's incremental margins: 60ft(0.012), 330 ft(0.012), 660ft(0.023). MOV: 0.0268 seconds (approximately 12 feet).

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.342, 660ft-3.338/257.38 mph.
Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.346, 660ft-3.353/254.86 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Robert Hight                            5 Jack Beckman                 
E2                   0.073  5.034 184.07     ****WINNER****  0.093  4.252 292.96
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Force Hood) 0.113  4.123 308.14      (J Diehl     ) 0.118  4.257 287.41
 Qualified:             #8  4.172 301.87                        #1  4.063 311.56

Hight is 9 - 6 against Beckman in prior events.

Hight has a 0.020 advantage at the green and stays out in front until right after the 330 lights. The slicks begin to spin and smoke and he is done.

Beckman runs another stong 4.25 to take the win, but gives up lane choice to Tasca in the next round.

Jack Beckman's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.048), 330 ft(0.006), 660ft(0.370). MOV: 0.7623 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.415, 660ft-3.803/176.19 mph.
Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.929 sec., 330ft-2.389, 660ft-3.413/247.70 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2814 Matt Hagan                              9 John Force                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.091  4.187 297.22                     0.075  4.228 294.11
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.081  4.172 297.81      (T Pedregon  ) 0.068  4.255 299.26
 Qualified:            #11  4.202 284.93                        #3  4.104 307.30

Force is 4 - 0 against Hagan in prior events, but Hagan is out to even the score a little.

Force gets a small RT advantage and holes Hagan off until after the sixty foot mark. The DieHard Charger pulls slowly ahead for the tight finish. Great race!

Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.010), 330 ft(0.017), 660ft(0.021). MOV: 0.0253 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.353, 660ft-3.366/253.61 mph.
John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.924 sec., 330ft-2.386, 660ft-3.403/254.28 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  507 Melanie Troxel                         28 Ron Capps                    
E2                   0.105  5.337 165.33     ****WINNER****  0.120  4.236 292.39
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Densham   ) 0.131  5.354 194.27      (T Wilkerson ) 0.100  4.188 298.14
 Qualified:            #15  4.304 289.94                       #10  4.177 296.70

Capps is 2 - 1 against Troxel in prior events. That's three for three for DSR in this round.

Troxel weekend dream ends with a whimper, as the Charger goes up in smoke before the 330 mark, after a nice hole shot lead. Capps was already ahead by the 60 foot lights and continued to pull ahead for the easy win.

He gives up lane choice to team partner, Hagan, in round three. Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.023), 330 ft(0.161), 660ft(0.574). MOV: 1.0861 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Melanie Troxel's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.548, 660ft-3.989/160.14 mph.
Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.910 sec., 330ft-2.372, 660ft-3.400/249.39 mph.

1:58 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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