Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 05:28 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7701 Mike Neff                              28 Ron Capps                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.082  4.211 289.94                     0.055  4.259 279.09
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Pedregon  ) 0.079  4.187 287.23      (J Force     ) 0.030  4.818 228.58
E2    (M Hagan     ) 0.085  4.202 289.57      (J Beckman   ) 0.083  4.559 213.81
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.092  4.170 305.98      (M Troxel    ) 0.065  4.118 299.26
 Qualified:             #5  4.110 309.06                        #2  4.095 299.26

5:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,255 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Neff and Capps have each won 3 times against the other in prior events and Capps is 1 - 0 against Neff in prior final rounds. This is Capps first final round appearance this year. neff has been to three finals with two wins.

This was a good one. Capps gets out of the gate first but Neff started reeling him in quickly. Capps stayed out in front past the 660 foot mark, then Neff finally got around him and pulled ahead for the win.

Mike Neff's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.033), 330 ft(-0.041), 660ft(-0.010). MOV: 0.0217 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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