Mon, 5 Sep 2011, 04:20 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Bob Tasca III                          28 Ron Capps                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.078  4.143 308.14                     0.083  5.000 162.53
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Troxel    ) 0.070  4.181 302.35      (D Wilkerson ) 0.076  4.095 309.91
E1    (J Force     ) 0.063  4.162 302.75      (J Head      ) 0.085  4.118 309.20
 Qualified:            #10  4.120 309.06                        #3  4.069 314.31

4:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,214 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Capps is 14 - 5 against Tasca III in prior events.

Oh, WOW! Capps car makes a huge move towards the wall at the green and almost scraps the shiny off the side of the Charger. That ruins the run and Tasca makes a full and strong pass to the finish line by himself. This will will be his first trip to the finals at Indy.

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.371, 660ft-3.350/263.10 mph.
Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.922 sec., 330ft-2.389, 660ft-3.657/188.04 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2814 Matt Hagan                           7701 Mike Neff                    
E3                   0.093  9.778  72.81     ****WINNER****  0.087  4.060 313.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.092  4.066 315.05      (J Arend     ) 0.086  4.062 310.91
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.088  4.066 308.14      (R Hight     ) 0.093  4.086 312.78
 Qualified:             #4  4.071 309.13                        #9  4.118 309.63

We are down to one Dodge left and now none. Hagan was just a little behind at the green and then the tires were up in smoke right off the line. The car is way loose and he finally settles it back down.

Neff puts the other Mustang into the final round with his best run of the weekend and lane choice over Tasca. Great looking pass!

Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-3.504, 660ft-6.620/073.41 mph.
Mike Neff's incremental times: 60ft-0.909 sec., 330ft-2.324, 660ft-3.282/268.81 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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