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MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 34 Jack Wyatt 4 Bob Tasca III E1 0.082 8.444 83.24 ****WINNER**** 0.078 3.947 312.13 Qualified: #16 4.173 264.49 #1 3.852 324.90Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 2,116 feet, track temperature 112 degrees. Bob Tasca has qualified #1 14 times (coming into this race) and won the race twice. The #16 FC qualifier has never won a round at this event. Jack Wyatt is making his 41st start. Tasca III is 2 - 0 against Wyatt in prior events. Tasca III with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Wyatt was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it
off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 40 Alex Laughlin 473 Chad Green E1 ****WINNER**** 0.139 4.221 278.29 0.098 4.286 230.80 Qualified: #15 4.140 304.94 #2 3.886 330.47Chad Green is 11 - 6 in Rd. 1 this year but in his last 5 races he is 1 - 4 in Rd. 1. In his last 10 races Alex Laughlin is 1 - 9 in Rd. 1. This is the first time Laughlin and Green have faced each other in eliminations. Green with the starting line advantage, but the chutes deploy by 200 feet and green is pulling the chutes all the way down the track. Laughlin chases him down in the lights for the win. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 139 Dave Richards 256 Blake Alexander E1 0.134 5.319 139.73 ****WINNER**** 0.084 4.252 229.20 Qualified: #14 4.132 292.90 #3 3.888 326.79This (#3) equals the best starting spot for Blake Alexander. Dave Richards has 2 round wins in his last 3 starts. He had 4 round wins in his previous 45 races. Alexander is 1 - 0 against Richards in prior events. Alexander with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. The car was on a good pass, but started to haze the tires and drop cylinders on the top end. He gets the win. Richards is up in smoke early
and clicks it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 121 Terry Haddock 5 John Force E1 0.130 9.438 87.27 ****WINNER**** 0.093 3.969 311.85 Qualified: #13 4.079 299.00 #4 3.914 325.06John Force is 9 - 1 against Terry Haddock in Rd. 1. Terry Haddock beat John Force in Rd. 1 at Reading in 2003 in their 1st meeting. Force is 10 - 1 against Haddock in prior events. Force with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Haddock is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Alexis DeJoria 14 Matt Hagan
E1 0.115 5.104 147.99 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.961 322.04
Qualified: #12 4.008 324.44 #5 3.927 326.40
Matt Hagan wins 81% of his Rd. 1 races when starting from the top half of the field. Alexis DeJoria is 0
- 3 against Hagan this year.Hagan is 19 - 10 against DeJoria in prior events. Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Force in the next round. DeJoria started to haze the tires around half track and clicks it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 373 J.R. Todd 3095 Bobby Bode E1 ****WINNER**** 0.084 4.048 311.70 0.089 No Time Qualified: #11 4.005 321.04 #6 3.937 293.47This is the 3rd time in 27 starts that Bobby Bode has had lane choice in Rd. 1. J.R. Todd is 171 - 118 (59%) in Rd. 1 overall and 8 - 8 in Rd. 1 this year. Todd is 1 - 0 against Bode in prior events. Todd with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Alexander in the next round. Bode got real loose on the top end and collected a trimming block.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Tim Wilkerson 1 Ron Capps
E1 0.100 3.977 318.47 ****WINNER**** 0.075 3.998 306.12
Qualified: #10 3.982 321.04 #7 3.952 324.90
Ron Capps is 27 - 10 against Wilkerson in Rd. 1. Tim Wilkerson is 25 - 51 against Capps overall. Those 51
losses are the most for him against any opponent.Capps with the starting line advantage and the power to
hold on for the hole shot win. Capps with a quick flash of flames right in the lights. Ron Capps' MOV:
0.0043 seconds (approximately 2 feet). He will have lane choice over Laughlin in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Cruz Pedregon 2 Robert Hight
E1 0.104 4.024 320.36 ****WINNER**** 0.066 3.940 314.53
Qualified: #9 3.981 320.66 #8 3.953 323.89
Robert Hight is 14 - 3 in Rd. 1 this year. Cruz Pedregon is 11 - 18 against Hight in Rd. 1Hight is 35 - 17 against Pedregon in prior events. Hight with the starting line advantage and runs low E.T. of the
round for the win. He will have lane choice over Tasca III in the next round.
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