Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 06:25 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  156 Phil Burkart                          711 Jack Beckman                 
E3                   0.073  4.917 312.78     ****WINNER****  0.107  4.743 323.19
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Densham   ) 0.085  5.186 283.31      (T Pedregon  ) 0.087  5.060 232.39
E1    (E Medlen    ) 0.070  4.789 326.87      (S Kalitta   ) 0.104  4.715 332.75
 Qualified:            #12  4.774 325.30                        #1  4.671 333.66

3:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,024 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

'Really Fast' Jack is still at it. He wins his seventh round in a row and is going to his second straight final round. Nice ROOK! He does need to tune his lights a little for the final though. Burkart was game but jut couldn't muster the run at the right time.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 John Force                              5 Robert Hight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054  4.834 265.59                     0.060  4.883 261.07
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.064  4.742 326.95      (T Johnson Jr) 0.072  4.758 328.94
E1    (J Head      ) 0.055  4.801 284.69      (B Gilbertson) 0.049  4.706 324.67
 Qualified:             #3  4.677 328.22                        #2  4.672 328.94

Hight and Force left almost as one and remained just that way until Hight went bowling for cones in the right lane. He actually threw the 1000 foot cone at 'The Boss' just missing his Mustang. It's 'Really Fast' Jack with choice over Force in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink