Sun, 15 Sep 2019, 13:52 PM
Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations
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By Jim Samuel
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MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA
Nationals presented by Pennzoil:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 John Force 5 Tim Wilkerson
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.061 3.944 331.61 0.070 7.140 133.20
Prior rounds:
E1 (C Pedregon ) 0.061 3.938 326.40 (T Haddock ) 0.100 3.926 320.36
Qualified: #5 3.889 334.40 #4 3.879 324.90
1:35 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,883 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.Force is 40 - 21 against Wilkerson in prior events.
Wilkerson shook the rear
tires as soon as he launched and clicked it off right away. Force had a strong run down the groove to take the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Jack Beckman 2 Robert Hight
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.927 331.61 0.074 9.203 83.25
Prior rounds:
E1 (J Campbell ) 0.107 3.908 331.45 (J Lindberg ) 0.059 3.919 331.04
Qualified: #3 3.876 331.77 #6 3.895 330.07
Hight is 25 - 18 against Beckman in prior events.Hight smoked the tires coming out of the gate. He tried to pedal it but
every time he did, he smoked the tires again. Beckman had a good run in the left lane to take the win and move on to the next
round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2814 Matt Hagan 28 Ron Capps
E2 0.068 8.623 79.91 ****WINNER**** 0.066 3.916 329.18
Prior rounds:
E1 (S Langdon ) 0.072 3.899 332.02 (M McIntire J) 0.116 3.909 327.51
Qualified: #9 3.913 333.66 #1 3.837 339.28
Capps is 32 - 25 against Hagan in prior events. Hagan was in line to take the right lane but decided to change lanes after he
watched Wilkerson and high smoke the tires at the starting line.The decision to change lanes did not pay off for Hagan because he
spun and smoked the rear tires as soon as he launched the car. Meanwhile, in the right lane, Capps took his car straight down the
groove to take the win. Capps will race Force in the next round and will have lane choice.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 J.R. Todd 241 John Smith
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.092 3.949 324.75 0.071 4.013 313.80
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Johnson Jr) 0.077 3.915 329.58 (B Tasca III ) 0.094 4.280 245.05
Qualified: #10 3.916 314.17 #15 4.197 298.80
This is the first time Todd and Smith have faced each other in eliminations. Smith got off the starting line first and had his
career best ET and speed on this run. It wasn't enough because Todd was a bit quicker and got to the finish line first. Todd will
race Beckman in the next round and Beckman will have lane choice.
Timing data courtesy of CompuLink
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