Sun, 4 May 2008, 04:14 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 12th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7701 Mike Neff                               2 Robert Hight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.115  4.852 312.78                     0.010  7.377 115.45
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Ashley    ) 0.095  4.924 309.77      (J Force     ) 0.086  5.042 300.60
E1    (M Troxel    ) 0.086  4.904 310.63      (J Toliver   ) 0.059  4.834 301.00
 Qualified:             #7  4.796 316.30                        #3  4.771 317.94

This is the first time Neff and Hight have faced each other in eliminations. Hight with a great light and then is real loose and smokes the tires by 300 feet. Neff with a great pass to go to the final. Mike Neff's incremental times: 60ft-0.899 sec., 330ft-2.331, 660ft-3.336/255.05mph, 1,000ft-4.153

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  347 Tim Wilkerson                          71 Cruz Pedregon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.118  4.829 314.83                     0.062  6.886 135.65
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Worsham   ) 0.107  4.826 310.20      (T Pedregon  ) 0.136  5.080 264.65
E1    (T Bartone   ) 0.115  4.828 322.88      (G Scelzi    ) 0.048  4.873 311.34
 Qualified:             #1  4.744 326.16                        #5  4.786 322.04

Pedregon is 9 - 5 against Wilkerson in prior events, this is the first time they have ever race in the semifinal. Pedregon with the starting line advantage and then is up in smoke. Wilkerson with his third 4.82 of the day for the win and lane choice in the final. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.321, 660ft-3.311/258.27mph, 1,000ft-4.126 With this round win Wilkerson moves into the point lead.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink