Sun, 4 Nov 2007, 08:30 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, 43nd annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Phil Burkart                            2 Robert Hight                 
E4                   0.053  8.314 104.31     ****WINNER****  0.053  4.731 326.71
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Wilkerson ) 0.119  4.796 324.20      (M Ashley    ) 0.100  4.877 255.05
E2    (J Arend     ) 0.067  4.891 301.81      (J Toliver   ) 0.077  4.796 319.29
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.052  4.861 317.57      (G Scelzi    ) 0.025  4.902 307.09
 Qualified:             #9  4.813 318.77                       #14  4.827 316.45

5:23 p.m. We've arrived at the final round of Funny Car for 2007. Fitting that it should come down to two Force mobiles with Papa John looking on with a big smile on his face. Dead even at the hit it was Burkart that struck the tires at about 330ft. Hight drifted towards the center stripe but never really got close.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink