Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 17:36 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   77 Bob Tasca III                        2814 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.054  3.983 320.13     ****WINNER****  0.092  3.921 321.96
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.073  3.950 321.96      (S Langdon   ) 0.084  3.894 327.19
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.076  4.264 293.22      (P Burkhart J) 0.081  3.919 324.12
 Qualified:             #6  3.933 322.81                        #2  3.881 323.43

3:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 28.78 inches, adjusted altitude 2,287 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Tasca III and Hagan have each won 9 times against the other in prior events.

Tasca gets a small starting line advantage and holds off a charging Hagan until about 300 feet out. Hagan has the power and tune up and power on down the track into his thirtieth final round.

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.900 sec., 330ft-2.294, 660ft-3.225/277.26 mph.
Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.866 sec., 330ft-2.247, 660ft-3.170/279.50 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 J.R. Todd                               2 Robert Hight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.073  3.919 327.19                     0.139  3.922 326.24
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Johnson Jr) 0.052  3.967 323.27      (J Force     ) 0.087  3.879 327.82
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.081  4.655 215.03      (J Diehl     ) 0.121  3.863 329.67
 Qualified:             #5  3.911 321.35                        #1  3.867 329.91

Todd gets a big starting line advantage and runs to his eighteenth final round with he best ET of the day and fastest speed of the weekend.

Hight was late and counldn't match Todd's performance.

Todd will have lane choice in the final round by just 0.003 seconds.

J.R. Todd's incremental margins: 60ft(0.070), 330 ft(0.072), 660ft(0.071). MOV: 0.0699 seconds (approximately 33 feet).

J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.871 sec., 330ft-2.250, 660ft-3.173/280.14 mph.
Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.256, 660ft-3.178/280.37 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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