Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 11:22 AM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   31 Johnny Gray                             5 Bob Tasca III                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.108  4.022 310.55                     0.060  4.372 219.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Neff      ) 0.093  4.578 197.68      (T Pedregon  ) 0.066  4.146 299.20
E1    (L Pruett    ) 0.094  4.319 254.57      (J Beckman   ) 0.064  4.124 311.99
 Qualified:             #1  4.010 318.62                       #12  4.106 308.85

Weather conditions: air temperature 55 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 807 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

Tasca with the starting line advantage, but Gray has him chased down by 330 feet and blast on through for another great win...Tasca starts to bang and pop and used up an engine. There is oil in Tasca's lane and that will cost him 10 points.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  170 Jeff Arend                              8 Robert Hight                 
E3                   0.076  4.112 316.01     ****WINNER****  0.069  4.053 314.53
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Creasy Jr ) 0.081  4.190 282.54      (M Hagan     ) 0.067  4.096 314.02
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.062  4.161 289.20      (R Capps     ) 0.053  4.041 317.42
 Qualified:            #10  4.084 310.77                       #11  4.090 312.21

Hight is 11 - 1 against Arend in prior events. Hight with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Robert Hight's MOV: 0.0664 seconds (approximately 31 feet). Hight will give up lane choice to Gray in the final. Robert Hight's incremental margins: 60ft(0.037), 330 ft(0.066), 660ft(0.068). MOV: 0.0664 seconds (approximately 31 feet). Hight's win gives the John Force Racing team 2000 round wins.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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