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Sun, 16 Nov 2008, 06:38 PM

Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 44th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jack Beckman                           28 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.051  4.112 303.09     ****WINNER****  0.015  4.116 301.27
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Troxel    ) 0.086  4.148 301.00      (A Force     ) 0.107  4.114 300.33
E1    (G Scelzi    ) 0.080  4.149 299.80      (B Tasca III ) 0.083  4.142 299.13
 Qualified:            #10  4.123 301.67                        #6  4.118 302.08

3:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 28.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,937 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

We're about to find out how important #2 is to the Schumacher team. It IS worth 100K to the team that manages to do that, and Beckman has a chance. If he wins this round he moves into second spot...unofficially of course! Honor is upheld! Capps leaves on Beckman and takes the win, ending Beckman's chance at #2 by eleven points. No diving there! Oh and it was a great race! Ron Capps' MOV: 0.0327 seconds (approximately 15 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7701 Mike Neff                              71 Cruz Pedregon                
E3                   0.084  6.001 118.19     ****WINNER****  0.050  4.162 301.27
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Pedregon  ) 0.096  4.112 293.60      (J Force     ) 0.061  4.165 299.00
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.094  4.076 307.72      (J Toliver   ) 0.110  4.142 301.47
 Qualified:             #1  4.079 305.49                       #12  4.150 300.33

Well, it's could be quite a weekend for C.Ped. He has a chance to take the event title after clinching the championship earlier. Neff struck the tires before half track so he ends a pretty effective rookie season. The only thing missing is an event win. Capps will have lane choice over C.Ped in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink