Sun, 05 May 2019, 15:34 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Robert Hight                            5 Tim Wilkerson                
E3                   0.075  4.182 258.02     ****WINNER****  0.086  4.084 313.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Lee       ) 0.068  4.376 279.90      (B Tasca III ) 0.083  5.595 231.79
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.072  3.942 310.91      (C Pedregon  ) 0.075  3.963 321.12
 Qualified:             #1  3.920 328.54                        #4  3.959 324.83

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,477 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Hight is 28 - 20 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Hight with the starting line advantage and then dropped a cylinder or two and Wilkerson had the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Tommy Johnson Jr.                      28 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.064  4.091 310.27     ****WINNER****  0.047  4.071 317.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.079  4.334 218.62      (J Force     ) 0.071  4.022 317.57
E1    (M Hagan     ) 0.087  4.037 309.84      (S Langdon   ) 0.064  4.076 315.78
 Qualified:             #7  4.031 313.66                       #11  4.149 290.94

Capps is 18 - 15 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Capps with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Ron Capps' MOV: 0.0379 seconds (approximately 17 feet). He will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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