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Sun, 11 Nov 2018, 19:20 PM

Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations
By David Gerard





POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Tommy Johnson Jr.                     373 J.R. Todd                    
E4                   0.055  3.889 327.51     ****WINNER****  0.049  3.872 329.10
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Beckman   ) 0.065  3.913 325.06      (R Capps     ) 0.053  3.889 328.14
E2    (C Force     ) 0.048  3.913 324.90      (B Tasca III ) 0.068  3.952 321.50
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.089  3.905 327.59      (J Campbell  ) 0.074  3.938 315.64
 Qualified:             #3  3.867 326.40                        #4  3.897 327.82
4:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 2,516 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Johnson Jr. is 4 - 3 against Todd in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Todd has a five and two win/runner up record for the year and a career sixteen and twelve record. Nine of his wins have come in Funny Car.

Johnson has two runner ups this year and a career seventeen and thirty win/runner up record. Two wins and thee runner ups in Top Fuel.

Just 0.006 difference in RT's and they runs together right on down the track with almost no difference in their incrementals going down the track. Todd holds Johnson off for a narrow eleven foot win.

Adding a final coda to Johnson's year, the Make-A-Wish Charger has only one parachute deploy and he fight it hard all the way to the sand trap and it just noses in. No obvious damage, but what a way to end the season!

J.R. Todd's incremental margins: 60ft(0.019), 330 ft(0.026), 660ft(0.023). MOV: 0.0230 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.243, 660ft-3.148/282.13 mph.
J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.223, 660ft-3.131/282.42 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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