Sun, 10 Feb 2008, 08:06 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, 48th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                           2 Robert Hight                 
E4                   0.057  4.879 322.50     ****WINNER****  0.061  4.861 284.39
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Force     ) 0.040  4.850 325.06      (J Force     ) 0.107  4.842 313.73
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.048  5.010 303.84      (G Densham   ) 0.113  5.291 295.46
E1    (M Neff      ) 0.045  4.927 311.85      (R Capps     ) 0.092  5.521 280.37
 Qualified:             #7  4.830 321.27                        #9  4.837 319.14

4:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,931 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Hight is 5-3 in finals and one of those is a win over Pedregon. Pedregon's last win was at Las Vegas '1' in 2006. That makes eight straight wins at this track for Hight and the JFR teams. It was pretty even but Hight was leading at every marker. By the time he got to the stripe the pony was on it's nose, as witnessed by the speed of the Mustang.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink