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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 121 Terry Haddock 746 Courtney Force E1 0.128 6.911 91.55 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.930 326.79 Qualified: #15 4.191 297.42 #2 3.930 323.9711:27 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,457 feet, track temperature 96 degrees. Great TF session, with the best conditions of the weekend. This is the first time Haddock and Force have faced each other in eliminations. Courtney Force set top speed of the meet in Pomona and this was the 32nd time in history that a Funny Driver, not a Top Fuel driver, had the fastest car at a race. As rare as that is it has now happened twice in the last six races (Matt Hagan did it in St. Louis last year). Force added to her 6th place points with the second best Bonus Points count of the event. To date, she has won just over 51% of her first round races. Haddock is Force's 31st different competitor since she began racing Funny Car in 2012 Haddock is approaching his 200th race and is making his fifty-eighth round one appearance. Force gets a great head start at the green and powers right on down the track to match her best qualifying time and improve on her track record speed in an easy win. Haddock is a little late off the line and then loses traction about 100 feet out from the line. Courtney Force's
incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.183/277.49 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 717 Jeff Diehl 28 Ron Capps E1 -0.059 4.037 303.37 ****WINNER**** 0.104 3.965 319.29 Qualified: #16 9.905 41.37 #1 3.925 320.05Ron Capps' four rounds in Pomona gave him 972 for his career and that is the 6th most in NHRA history. Capps comes into today's race in first place in points from his win at Pomona. He increased his lead with the most Bonus Points from qualifying. He has won over 60% of his first round matchups and won all three of his prior encounters with Diehl. Diehl is making his thirty-fourth round one appearance and is still looking for a win. Capps is 3 - 0 against Diehl in prior events. Diehl challenges the lights and loses. He runs a career best ET and speed to no avail. Capps was a little late, but it didn't matter. The NAPA Charger runs another strong three second pass for the free pass to round two. Jeff Diehl's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.285, 660ft-3.245/267.06 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 496 John Hale 7 John Force E1 0.119 4.398 231.75 ****WINNER**** 0.086 3.955 322.65 Qualified: #14 4.105 312.06 #3 3.938 323.81Force is 3 - 1 against Hale in prior events. John Force has been to every race at the Arizona track dating back to the inaugural year of 1985 when he was runner-up to John Collins. He was won this race eight times but has not won here since 2005. He has just over a 70% round win record to date, with almost 75% wins in round one. He has won three of the four prior encounters with Hale. It's an east win for Force, as he leave first by a bunch and pulls steadily ahead for the win. Hale has a cylinder out at the green and can't match the Camaro's pace. John Hale's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.406, 660ft-3.441/249.12
mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 6 Robert Hight E1 0.072 4.313 213.87 ****WINNER**** 0.083 3.905 327.11 Qualified: #13 4.086 302.08 #4 3.945 317.87Hight is 20 - 13 against Pedregon in prior events. Hight has won almost 62% of all of his races and has a 65% win/loss advantage in first round match ups. Pedregon was a career history of almost fifty-six percent wins against all competitors. He has a 65% win/loss advantage in first round match ups. He has an eight win/seven loss advantage against Hight in prior round one encounters. Pedregon gets away first, but Hight is right on by before the sixty foot lights. He chases hard, gut loses traction around the 660 lights. Zippy put the power in Hight's Camaro for sure. He makes a straight and true pass right to the finish line and resets both the track ET and speed records. Nice! Robert Hight's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.037), 330 ft(0.066), 660ft(0.123). MOV: 0.3975 seconds (more than 100 feet). Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.906 sec., 330ft-2.310, 660ft-3.296/245.49 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 703 Jim Campbell 1 Del Worsham E1 0.115 4.298 242.41 ****WINNER**** 0.101 3.991 318.24 Qualified: #12 4.067 289.20 #5 3.959 319.60Coming into eliminations Del Worsham has won 526 rounds and that puts him in 15th place overall in the pro classes (top 4 classes). Del has two wins at this even. James Campbell will be the 102nd driver that Del has raced in his career. This is Campbell's second race in Funny Car. Worsham gets a small advantage off the starting line and pulls steadily ahead for an easy win. He gives up lane choice to Hight in round two. Campbell gave it a valiant effort, but is off the throttle well before the finish line. Jim Campbell's incremental times: 60ft-0.908 sec., 330ft-2.345, 660ft-3.380/248.98 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 771 Alexis DeJoria 2 Jack Beckman E1 0.074 3.964 320.74 ****WINNER**** 0.076 3.939 318.39 Qualified: #11 4.026 310.27 #6 3.959 319.22Beckman is 13 - 5 against DeJoria in prior events. Jack Beckman has won here three times. He has an overall career win advantage of almost 60%, with over 67% in round one matchups. He has a ten to two win/loss advantage in prior round one races with DeJoria. Alexis DeJoria won here in 2014. This will be her ninety-seventh first round appearance and she has won forty of those races to date. What a great ol' drag race! DeJoria gets a 0.002 advantage at the green and makes the quickest losing ET of the round. Nothing to be ashamed about, as she makes her best pass of the weekend. Beckman makes his best pass too and will keep lane choice over John Force in round two. Clean and strong! Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.271,
660ft-3.205/276.29 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Matt Hagan 3 Tommy Johnson Jr.
E1 0.072 4.229 266.32 ****WINNER**** 0.064 4.003 317.64
Qualified: #10 3.990 321.58 #7 3.965 318.77
Hagan is 7 - 5 against Johnson Jr. in prior events. Matt Hagan is the defending event champion. Only two Funny Car drivers, John
Force and Jack Beckman, have won this race in back-to-back years. He has won almost 69% of his prior first round matchups.
Johnson has almost a 52% win record in round one pairings. TJ gets a small lead at the green, but Hagan gets on by before the sixty foot lights. Hagan keeps the lead until near the 660 lights, where the tires start to smoke and there is a flash from the engine. Johnson drives on by and takes the easy win. He gives up lane choice to Courtney Force next round. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.007), 330 ft(-0.028), 660ft(0.089). MOV: 0.2345 seconds (approximately 92 feet). Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.319/229.90 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 3111 Chad Head 10 Tim Wilkerson E1 0.094 5.554 158.93 ****WINNER**** 0.094 3.970 320.81 Qualified: #9 3.976 314.31 #8 3.966 317.19Wilkerson is 4 - 2 against Head in prior events. Wilkerson has almost a 52% win/loss advantage in prior round one matchups. He has a 4/2 prior advantage over Head in round one. This will be Head's fifty-ninth round one appearance. Identical RT's and then Head's Camry is up in smoke almost at the green. Wilkerson runs close to his weekend's best to take the easy win, but gives up lane choice to Capps in round two. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.279, 660ft-3.213/276.07 mph. 11:53 a.m.
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