Sun, 20 Aug 2017, 14:51 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Courtney Force                          2 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E2                   0.085  8.099  84.74     ****WINNER****  0.098  3.932 326.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.087  3.862 334.90      (J Lindberg  ) 0.028  3.922 328.86
 Qualified:             #4  3.863 335.98                        #5  3.880 329.58

1:32 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 28.63 inches, adjusted altitude 3,175 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Force is 9 - 6 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Force's engine went silent at about 150 feet for no apparent reason.

No problems for Johnson and he moves on to round three. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.902 sec., 330ft-2.277, 660ft-3.188/283.55 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                            1 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  3.828 336.23                     0.060  3.938 304.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Creasy    ) 0.081  3.850 331.45      (J Todd      ) 0.079  3.894 330.96
 Qualified:             #1  3.793 338.00                        #8  3.928 325.14

Hight is 30 - 28 against Capps in prior events.

A good looking pass by both drivers. Hight will have lane choice over Johnson in round three.

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.204, 660ft-3.101/287.66 mph.
Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.255, 660ft-3.171/281.60 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 John Force                              5 Jack Beckman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  3.896 335.48                     0.057  9.505  72.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.108  3.901 333.25      (B Stewart   ) 0.091  4.290 207.56
 Qualified:             #3  3.852 334.15                        #6  3.886 333.25

Beckman is 29 - 12 against Force in prior events.

Beckman lost traction almost immediately. A solid pass by Force and he moves on to the semifinals.

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.909 sec., 330ft-2.274, 660ft-3.167/289.88 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                         71 Cruz Pedregon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.079  3.883 330.96                     0.052  4.505 192.47
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.100  4.416 210.05      (M Hagan     ) 0.087  5.714 128.92
 Qualified:            #10  3.941 327.43                       #15  4.118 306.19

DeJoria is 4 - 3 against Pedregon in prior events.

Pedregon's engine went silent at about 500 feet. DeJoria makes her best pass of the weekend to earn lane choice over John Force in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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