Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th
annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
10 Johnny Gray 5 Whit Bazemore
E3 0.045 5.230 282.84 ****WINNER**** 0.115 5.073 291.32
Prior rounds:
E2 (D Worsham ) 0.076 5.293 271.52 (G Scelzi ) 0.119 5.123 294.37
E1 (F Pedregon ) 0.060 5.200 286.32 (D Skuza ) 0.102 5.243 278.63
Qualified: #12 5.080 300.00 #9 5.030 303.50
Current weather conditions: 84 degrees, 37 percent relative humidity, the barometer
30.13 inches under sunny skies.Gray with a big starting line advantage and then started
hazing the tires and mixing up cylinders around half track. Bazemore was able to chase
him down just past the 330-foot mark and then dropped a cylinder, but held on to win the
race.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
71 Cruz Pedregon 1 John Force
E3 0.056 5.170 280.66 ****WINNER**** 0.110 5.046 275.39
Prior rounds:
E2 (A Karp ) 0.136 5.251 268.54 (T Johnson Jr) 0.085 5.005 293.47
E1 (B Gilbertson) 0.118 5.458 199.55 (S Cannon ) 0.077 5.004 302.75
Qualified: #2 4.977 306.74 #3 4.979 308.85
Pedregon gets the starting line advantage, but Force has the difference made up by 100
feet. Looked like the engine was going away from 1200 feet on,b ut he was able to hold on
for the win and lane choice in the final.
Timing data courtesy of
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