Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 04:44 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               1 Tony Pedregon                
E3                   0.091  5.084 284.09     ****WINNER****  0.074  4.967 291.82
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Worsham   ) 0.086  4.936 301.13      (T Wilkerson ) 0.083  4.962 297.55
E1    (J Toliver   ) 0.091  5.688 241.41      (J Head      ) 0.087  5.485 255.97
 Qualified:             #2  4.909 297.42                        #6  4.975 276.35

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,080 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Pedregon is 20 - 19 against Capps in prior events, and 5 - 3 in semifinal meetings. Pedregon was out of the gate first and just drove away with a real nice pass.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Robert Hight                           71 Cruz Pedregon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.090  4.950 290.76                     0.027  5.035 282.36
 Prior rounds:
E2    (G Densham   ) 0.084  4.922 296.63      (B Tasca III ) 0.063  4.929 300.46
E1    (M Neff      ) 0.102  4.929 290.57      (J Beckman   ) 0.132  5.933 204.42
 Qualified:             #1  4.882 309.77                       #12  4.995 296.83

Hight is 6 - 3 against Pedregon in prior events, and they have never met in the semifinals. Pedregon with a great light and the lead until 1000 feet and that was when Hight was able to drive around him. Hight's engine was eating itself up from around 1100 feet on. Hight will have lane choice over Pedregon in the final. Robert Hight's MOV: 0.0228 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink