Sun, 13 Nov 2022, 19:57 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Ron Capps                               4 Cruz Pedregon                
E4                   0.069  3.850 333.16     ****WINNER****  0.070  3.839 335.65
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Tasca III ) 0.059  3.865 334.65      (A DeJoria   ) 0.073  3.864 331.77
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.083  3.865 330.80      (J Force     ) 0.098  3.876 330.96
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.088  3.852 334.98      (J Rupert    ) 0.082  3.862 333.74
 Qualified:             #1  3.837 337.33                        #2  3.840 322.58

4:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,528 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

Capps is 52 - 29 against Pedregon in prior events and Pedregon is 4 - 2 against Capps in prior final rounds.

Just a great ol' drag race to wrap up the event They leave just 0.001 apart at the green and run side by side right to the finish line.

Capps gets the early narrow lead and holds off Pedregon until right after the 330 foot lights. Pedregon starts to slowly pull ahead to the finish line and takes a five foot win.

This is his first of the year, with every pass in the low three eighty range and his thirty-ninth career win. The car was like a bracket racer all weekend.

Capps just barely lost to Pedregon this round, but is the 2022 Funny Car Champion. Repeating his 2021 Championship, this time as the team owner!

Cruz Pedregon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.009), 330 ft(-0.001), 660ft(0.008). MOV: 0.0103 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

bRon Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.227, 660ft-3.124/288.33 mph.
Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.227, 660ft-3.115/289.01 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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