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GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 121 Terry Haddock 10 Tim Wilkerson E1 0.104 12.078 88.12 ****WINNER**** 0.099 3.987 314.83 Qualified: #15 11.919 81.56 #2 4.003 318.47Wilkerson is 3 - 0 against Haddock in prior events. Wilkerson with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He was spinning the tires on the top end. he runs the second quickest pass of the event for the win. Haddock with problems right at the hit and clicked
it off. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 139 Dave Richards 5 Bob Tasca III E1 0.124 7.059 88.09 ****WINNER**** 0.078 3.971 323.97 Qualified: #14 6.212 106.64 #3 4.020 317.57Tasca III is 1 - 0 against Richards in prior events. Tasca with the starting line advantage and then runs low E.t. and top speed of the event for the win. Richards starts to shake right at
the hit and clicks it off.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
Bye 2814 Matt Hagan
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 3.915 327.90
Qualified: #1 3.975 321.35
Hagan with the bye here. He qualified number one for the 39th time in his career.Hagan on
the single launched hard and kept it hooked up and runs low E.T. and top speed of the event. Matt
Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.239, 660ft-3.169/277.83 mph. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 241 John Smith 28 Ron Capps E1 0.089 4.024 302.21 ****WINNER**** 0.075 3.999 325.14 Qualified: #13 4.729 152.81 #4 4.025 309.27This is the first time Smith and Capps have faced each other in eliminations. Capps with the starting line advantage, Smith had the lead at 330 feet. Capps grabs the lead back by 660 feet and takes the win. Ron Capps' MOV: 0.0392 seconds (approximately 17 feet). Capps with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Smith was right here with him and runs his quickest pass of the
weekend in the losing effort. the chutes are late coming out, but he gets it stopped. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 703 Jim Campbell 771 Alexis DeJoria E1 0.106 7.184 85.45 ****WINNER**** 0.121 4.051 312.28 Qualified: #12 4.424 233.80 #5 4.088 269.67DeJoria is 3 - 0 against Campbell in prior events. Campbell with the starting line advantage, but shook the tires right at the hit and clicked it off. DeJoria is on a good pass
until right in the light when it appeared to start mixing up cylinder and the engine eating itself
up. she still runs her quickest pass of the weekend. She will give up lane choice to Capps in the
next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 256 Blake Alexander E1 0.157 8.664 90.03 ****WINNER**** 0.080 5.118 183.52 Qualified: #11 4.174 245.99 #6 4.097 301.94Pedregon is 1 - 0 against Alexander in prior events. Alexander with the starting line
advantage and never trailed. Pedregon was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Alexander
was then up in smoke and was make a move toward the centerline, he pedaled it. The car was back up
in smoke and once again headed toward the centerline before he clicked it off. He holds on for the
win. He will give up lane choice to Tasca in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 33 Tommy Johnson Jr. 373 J.R. Todd E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 3.962 320.66 0.060 4.006 321.58 Qualified: #10 4.129 249.44 #7 4.107 308.64Todd is 7 - 6 against Johnson Jr. in prior events. Johnson Jr. with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win in a good drag race. Johnson Jr. with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s MOV: 0.0539 seconds (approximately 25 feet). Johnson Jr. will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the next round. Todd runs his quickest pass of the
weekend in the losing effort.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Jack Beckman 116 Paul Lee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.075 3.921 325.92 0.116 4.135 261.67
Qualified: #9 4.123 254.18 #8 4.108 291.07
Beckman is 5 - 0 against Lee in prior events. Beckman with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs the second quickest pass of the round for the win. He will give up lane choice to Hagan in the next round. Lee was on a good pass until on the top end when
it started to haze the tires and was out of the groove over by the wall before he clicked it
off.
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