Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 16:00 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA SpringNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                            6 Courtney Force               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.088  3.908 324.98                     0.089  3.943 324.28
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.093  3.898 327.82      (A DeJoria   ) 0.106  3.947 294.37
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.075  3.870 331.77      (J Diehl     ) 0.092  5.344 132.02
 Qualified:             #4  3.894 329.67                        #1  3.851 330.23

2:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 1,412 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Hight is 10 - 8 against Force in prior events. Almost dead even at the start, both drivers keep the candles lit all the way down the track. Hight gets the win by less than a car length.

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.242, 660ft-3.161/280.66 mph.
Courtney Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.889 sec., 330ft-2.263, 660ft-3.190/278.86 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jack Beckman                            1 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.079  6.126 114.85     ****WINNER****  0.057  3.926 325.37
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Force     ) 0.052  3.897 329.18      (J Lindberg  ) 0.071  3.951 321.04
E1    (M Hagan     ) 0.083  4.224 222.62      (T Simpson   ) 0.104  3.897 327.90
 Qualified:             #6  3.907 327.90                        #2  3.884 326.56

Capps is 31 - 18 against Beckman in prior events. Beckman dropped a cylinder on the hit and one or two more of them before the 330-foot mark. He could only watch Capps pull away from him. Capps will give lane choice to Hight in the final round. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.264, 660ft-3.179/281.71 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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