Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 18:56 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 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
    8 Robert Hight                            1 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.056  7.486  91.11     ****WINNER****  0.036  3.897 332.84
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Lee       ) 0.075  3.901 326.73      (J Force     ) 0.069  3.885 336.78
E1    (J Wyatt     ) 0.096  3.884 330.76      (J Diehl     ) 0.067  3.889 330.88
 Qualified:             #2  3.854 333.43                        #3  3.865 335.40

Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 85 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,229 feet, track temperature 72 degrees.

Hight is 43 - 37 against Capps in prior events.

Capps with the starting line advantage and the win.

Hight lost traction early and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bob Tasca III                          14 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.055  3.891 329.21     ****WINNER****  0.015  3.891 338.02
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B alexander ) 0.086  3.861 328.68      (T Wilkerson ) 0.052  3.883 335.12
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.076  3.856 330.44      (T Haddock   ) 0.077  3.875 326.56
 Qualified:             #4  3.879 328.66                        #1  3.825 334.85

Hagan is 24 - 15 against Tasca III in prior events.

Hagan with great light and the never trailed for the win. They run identical E.T.s. Hagan will have lane choice over Capps in the final by 0.006 seconds.

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