Sun, 12 Nov 2006, 08:07 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 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
    3 John Force                            711 Jack Beckman                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.058  4.697 319.75                     0.103  4.662 329.99
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hight     ) 0.054  4.834 265.59      (P Burkart Jr) 0.107  4.743 323.19
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.064  4.742 326.95      (T Pedregon  ) 0.087  5.060 232.39
E1    (J Head      ) 0.055  4.801 284.69      (S Kalitta   ) 0.104  4.715 332.75
 Qualified:             #3  4.677 328.22                        #1  4.671 333.66

4:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 2,385 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Beckman becomes the 40th different driver that Force faced in a Funny Car final round. Beckman was late again and that was all the advantage the new ?Champ needed to take the event win. About the only thing that makes the loss less painful is that Beckman now owns both ends of the national record. Force had the record at 4.665 but Beckman lowered it in the final and had earlier runs that backed it. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.899 sec., 330ft-2.279, 660ft-3.212/272.72mph, 1,000ft-3.989

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink