Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 01:38 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Ashley Force Hood                     116 Paul Lee                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.094  4.137 306.95                     0.097  4.446 206.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.080  4.059 313.07      (R Hight     ) 0.087  4.114 277.26
 Qualified:             #6  4.059 310.98                       #14  4.120 300.20

1:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 2,997 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Force Hood is 13-4 against Lee, 4-0 in round two, but Lee took out one of the Force team cars in round one.

The race was pretty even to half track, then Lee started spinning the tires and Force Hood pulled ahead for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Bob Tasca III                        2814 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.091  4.197 295.08     ****WINNER****  0.092  4.119 291.13
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Head      ) 0.119  4.095 304.87      (T Pedregon  ) 0.076  4.096 303.09
 Qualified:             #8  4.086 306.33                        #1  4.039 277.89

Tasca is 3-0 against Hagan and won the only time they let in round two before today, but Hagan was the dominant car in final qualifying and the two cars were just a thousandth apart in round one.

This was another good drag race, but Hagan steadily pulled further ahead at every timing increment and was more than a car length ahead at the stripe.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                             71 Cruz Pedregon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  4.143 306.74                     0.055  5.758 122.23
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.082  4.090 311.05      (J Arend     ) 0.074  4.103 309.42
 Qualified:             #5  4.058 312.86                        #4  4.057 311.34

These two have met 81 times in prior events, Force holding a 56-25 edge, 10-4 in round two.

Pedregon ran out of traction about 300 feet out, Force made a full pass. However, Force will not have lane choice against Hagan in the semifinals.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  507 Melanie Troxel                          5 Jack Beckman                 
E2                   0.077  4.893 177.46     ****WINNER****  0.095  4.205 294.43
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.097  4.131 308.64      (T Wilkerson ) 0.084  4.512 219.97
 Qualified:            #15  4.146 303.64                        #7  4.076 302.96

Troxel is 2-1 against Beckman in prior events, winning the only other time they met in the second round.

This time it was the car in the favored left lane that ran out of traction before the finish line, Troxel's car fishtailing and slowing around the 500-foot mark. Beckman faces Force Hood in the second DSR vs. JFR matchup of the semifinals, Force Hood will have lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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