Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 15:32 PM Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bob Tasca III                          10 Jim Campbell                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  3.856 330.44                     0.096  4.003 320.47
 Qualified:             #4  3.879 328.66                       #13  4.042 316.34

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 90 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,400 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Bob Tasca is 8 - 0 against Jim Campbell (7 - 0 in Rd. 1). Jim Campbell is making his 122nd start.

Tasca III is 8 - 0 against Campbell in prior events.

Tasca with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  717 Jeff Diehl                              1 Ron Capps                    
E1                   0.103  4.343 212.54     ****WINNER****  0.067  3.889 330.88
 Qualified:            #14  4.063 274.42                        #3  3.865 335.40

Ron Capps is 10 - 0 against Jeff Diehl (8 - 0 in Rd. 1). This is the 4th start this year for Jeff Diehl.

Capps is 10 - 0 against Diehl in prior events.

Capps with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                            121 Terry Haddock                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077  3.875 326.56                     0.143  4.051 305.98
 Qualified:             #1  3.825 334.85                       #16  5.027 156.96

The #1 FC qualifier at this event has not lost in Rd. 1 since 1995. This is Terry Haddock's 145th start.

Hagan is 5 - 0 against Haddock in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                           34 Jack Wyatt                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096  3.884 330.76                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  3.854 333.43                       #15  4.127 284.47

The last time the #2 FC qualifier at this race lost in Rd. 1 was 2007. Jack Wyatt is making his 39th start overall and his 4th this year (the most for him in a year since 2003).

Hight and Wyatt have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

Wyatt is leaking fluids after the burnout and is shut off.

Hight is straight down the groove on the single.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                         6 Alexis DeJoria               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.105  3.924 324.61                     0.098  4.471 192.42
 Qualified:             #5  3.905 319.24                       #12  3.976 295.62

In his career Blake Alexander is 36 - 53 (40%) in Rd. 1. Alexis DeJoria is 4 - 1 against Blake Alexander in Rd. 1.

DeJoria is 6 - 1 against Alexander in prior events.

DeJoria with a slight starting line advantage, but starts to haze the tires and clicks it off. Alexander is straight down the groove for the win. He will give up lane choice to Tasca in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 John Force                              4 Cruz Pedregon                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  3.925 331.66                     0.086  3.902 327.70
 Qualified:             #6  3.907 331.93                       #11  3.965 324.84

John Force is 21- 12 against Cruz Pedregon in Rd. 1. Cruz Pedregon is 4 - 1 against John Force at this event and that equals the most round wins for him against Force at any event.

Force is 79 - 37 against Pedregon in prior events.

Force with the starting line advantage and the win. He will give up lane choice to Capps in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                             116 Paul Lee                     
E1                   0.097  4.092 239.55     ****WINNER****  0.077  3.980 296.36
 Qualified:             #7  3.908 327.01                       #10  3.947 327.15

J.R. Todd wins 67% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Paul Lee is making his 100th start.

Todd is 2 - 1 against Lee in prior events.

Lee with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will give up lane choice to Hight in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Tim Wilkerson                         473 Chad Green                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.102  3.967 271.99                     0.095  7.870  80.69
 Qualified:             #8  3.920 329.09                        #9  3.940 320.26

Tim Wilkerson is 15 - 18 in Rd. 1 when qualified #8. Chad Green is making his 24th start. He is 2 - 1 against Wilkerson.

Green with a slight starting line advantage, but lost traction and clicked it off. Wilkerson is straight down the groove for the win. He will give up lane choice to Hagan in the next round.

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