Sun, 22 Jun 2008, 05:58 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7701 Mike Neff                             347 Tim Wilkerson                
E4                   0.094  4.883 316.75     ****WINNER****  0.070  4.877 319.29
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Force     ) 0.123  4.971 299.53      (D Worsham   ) 0.087  4.933 303.50
E2    (T Pedregon  ) 0.099  5.432 252.00      (G Densham   ) 0.049  4.902 312.35
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.075  4.874 317.05      (B Tasca III ) 0.092  4.887 316.01
 Qualified:            #10  4.870 306.12                        #9  4.863 312.71

5:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,779 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Wilkerson is 2 - 0 against Neff in prior events and Wilkerson is 1 - 0 against Neff in prior final rounds. Both qualified "below the line" here, in the bottom half of the field.

This was a nice side-by-side drag race for the "Wally," points leader Wilkerson with a couple hundredths advantage at the tree and another hundredth on the track. Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.034), 660ft(0.033), 1,000ft(0.028). MOV: 0.0305 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink