Sun, 13 Nov 2016, 17:46 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 John Force                              2 Jack Beckman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.038  3.932 326.00                     0.072  9.012  82.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.051  3.940 324.44      (T Wilkerson ) 0.067  3.910 327.82
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.045  3.964 327.98      (J Bojec     )       No Time      
 Qualified:             #4  3.879 330.96                        #1  3.825 332.10

2:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 3,291 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Beckman is 28 - 10 against Force in prior events.

Beckman six disk clutch change comes back to bite him, as the tires are smoking hard right off the line.

Clean and straight to the finish line for Force and another trip to the final round.

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.278, 660ft-3.188/281.01 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  746 Courtney Force                          3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3                   0.079  3.916 327.74     ****WINNER****  0.009  3.929 297.09
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Arend     ) 0.083  3.922 319.75      (R Hight     ) 0.073  3.897 325.37
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.095  4.137 260.56      (D Richards  ) 0.069  4.373 235.23
 Qualified:             #2  3.869 324.83                        #3  3.873 326.95

Force is 8 - 5 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Johnson must have closed his eyes and pumped the pedal, as he leaves with a 0.009 light. The engine gets real unhappy near the lights and is pumping smoke hard. Look at the speed! He takes the win on a hole shot.

Force makes a strong and clean pass to no avail.

TJ keeps lane choice over Force in the final round.

Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental margins: 60ft(0.069), 330 ft(0.095), 660ft(0.092). MOV: 0.0576 seconds (approximately 28 feet).

Courtney Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.262, 660ft-3.173/282.30 mph.
Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.888 sec., 330ft-2.237, 660ft-3.151/280.19 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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