Sun, 23 Jul 2006, 06:03 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Michael L. Jex

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Schuck's Auto Supply NHRA Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Tony Pedregon                           9 Whit Bazemore
E3                   0.074  5.129 286.13     ****WINNER****  0.088  5.029 307.30
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.065  5.318 274.89      (T Bartone   ) 0.089  5.033 306.60
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.081  5.029 260.81      (P Burkart Jr) 0.072  4.994 310.20
 Qualified:             #8  4.929 310.27                       #12  4.953 309.13

Weather conditions: air temperature 97 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,871 feet, track temperature 132 degrees.

It is the heat-of-the-day here in Seattle, conditions are the worst they've been all day. Like Top Fuel, it may come down to which driver has the most experience, and is able to grab a brake, pedal, or get things to hook back up after smoking the tires.

Both drivers were dancing around in the middle of the run, but Bazemore's wiggles were smaller. Whit Bazemore's MOV: 0.0862 seconds (approximately 36 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               4 Eric Medlen
E3   ****WINNER****  0.051  5.077 303.43                     0.135  5.160 255.34
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Scelzi    ) 0.070  5.066 299.80      (G Densham   ) 0.139  4.997 304.87
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.097  4.975 307.86      (S Kalitta   ) 0.112  4.998 295.14
 Qualified:             #3  4.864 313.00                        #2  4.854 312.64

Medlen was late off the line, it's an all team Schumacher final in Funny Car. Ron Capps' MOV: 0.1675 seconds (approximately 63 feet). 2:59 p.m. Medlen left "Stuff" on the track, he'll lose 10 points, and it will cost team Force $2,000 to boot.<

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink