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Sun, 13 Nov 2016, 18:56 PM

Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations
By David Gerard





POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 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                              3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E4                   0.046  3.918 321.81     ****WINNER****  0.041  3.918 320.51
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Beckman   ) 0.038  3.932 326.00      (C Force     ) 0.009  3.929 297.09
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.051  3.940 324.44      (R Hight     ) 0.073  3.897 325.37
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.045  3.964 327.98      (D Richards  ) 0.069  4.373 235.23
 Qualified:             #4  3.879 330.96                        #3  3.873 326.95
3:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 3,291 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Force is 31 - 11 against Johnson Jr. in prior events and Force is 8 - 1 against Johnson Jr. in prior final rounds. Force's amazing continues. He has already won four times this year and taken one runner-up. His career starts, so far are one hundred and forty-seven wins and ninety-nine runner-ups. Johnson has two wins and three runner-ups this year and has already secured the #2 position in the Championship behind teammate, Ron Capps. He has a career win history of fourteen, with twelve of those in Funny Car. He also has twenty-four total runner-ups to date.

Team JFR vs. Team DSR in the final. Camaro vs. Charger.

Johnson gets a slim 0.005 starting line advantage and pulls ahead until after the 330 lights. Force Power start to reel him back in. He runs out of race track and Johnson gets the narrow hole shot win.

Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental margins: 60ft(0.002), 330 ft(0.018), 660ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0051 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.894 sec., 330ft-2.257, 660ft-3.167/281.13 mph.
Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.897 sec., 330ft-2.244, 660ft-3.165/277.77 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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