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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Ron Capps 3 Matt Hagan
E4 0.075 3.883 330.88 ****WINNER**** 0.057 3.878 330.88
Prior rounds:
E3 (J Campbell ) 0.085 3.883 324.59 (T Johnson Jr) 0.043 3.867 331.45
E2 (G Densham ) 0.116 3.856 327.03 (T Wilkerson ) 0.071 3.883 331.61
E1 (J Arend ) 0.095 3.883 326.56 (C Pedregon ) 0.067 3.839 332.92
Qualified: #3 3.839 333.58 #4 3.839 329.67
3:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent,
barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 2,501 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.Matt Hagan opened the 2015 season with back-to-back wins in Pomona and Arizona....The only time the #3 FC qualifier won this race was in 1997 This is Hagan's 44th final round and he has 51% win advantage. He has 23 wins and 20 runner-ups. He has already won this year at Pomona. Capps is looking for his first win of the year. He already has career of 50 wins and 50 runner ups. 49 of the wins and 49 of the runner ups are in Funny Car. Capps is 25 - 17 against Hagan in prior events and each has won 3 times against the other in final rounds. A great side by side race from start to finish. Hagan gets a 0.018 lead at the green and pulls steadily ahead all the way down the track to take his second win of the year by just eleven feet. All four passes in eliminations were in the 3.88 range. Capps was right there and runs his Funny Car like a bracket racer with his third 3.883 pass of the day. and his fastest pass. Nice! Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(0.022), 660ft(0.024). MOV: 0.0231 seconds (approximately 11 feet). Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.244, 660ft-3.150/285.89 mph. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.880 sec.,
330ft-2.240, 660ft-3.144/285.59 mph.
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