Sun, 16 Sep 2007, 05:10 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Gary Scelzi                           711 Jack Beckman                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.066  4.886 314.61                     0.061  4.892 310.55
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Johnson Jr) 0.083  4.908 312.13      (R Hight     ) 0.047  4.922 306.53
E2    (D Worsham   ) 0.106  5.146 229.82      (J Force     ) 0.085  4.897 308.35
E1    (G Densham   ) 0.084  4.899 308.92      (J Toliver   ) 0.100  4.854 312.57
 Qualified:            #10  4.867 315.34                        #5  4.832 313.07

4:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.81 inches, adjusted altitude 1,758 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.

This was a great drag race. Beckman gets a small advantage off the line and starts to increase his lead. Scelzi starts to make up ground at half-track, then drives around just before they cross the finish-line. The win put Scelzi in fourth place, seven points ahead of Tony Pedregon. Beckman is in second.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink