Mon, 24 May 2021, 14:14 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               7 Tim Wilkerson                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.080  3.915 326.24                     0.066  3.999 322.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hagan     ) 0.073  3.929 325.30      (A DeJoria   ) 0.059  3.972 321.42
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.093  3.894 327.51      (B Alexander ) 0.094  4.481 205.41
 Qualified:             #3  3.941 315.42                        #7  3.975 319.07

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 100 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,995 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Capps is 45 - 20 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Wilkerson with the starting line advantage, but Capps has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Ron Capps' MOV: 0.0706 seconds (approximately 33 feet).

Wilkerson with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7000 Robert Hight                            5 Bob Tasca III                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.055  3.909 328.78                     0.051  3.949 328.14
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.059  3.913 327.43      (J Todd      ) 0.100  3.923 327.98
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.137  3.933 328.94      (J Campbell  ) 0.108  5.268 138.98
 Qualified:             #5  3.954 324.05                        #1  3.908 331.53

Hight is 23 - 10 against Tasca III in prior events.

Tasca III with a slight starting line advantage, but Hight has the lead by the time they go by the tree. Hight never trails from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Capps in the final. Robert Hight's MOV: 0.0361 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

Tasca III with a good looking pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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