Sun, 23 Aug 2009, 07:22 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Mike Neff                            1777 Bob Tasca III                
E4                   0.235  4.247 264.13     ****WINNER****  0.051  4.239 292.71
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Pedregon  ) 0.111  4.189 280.37      (J Force     ) 0.060  6.783 102.00
E2    (J Toliver   ) 0.085  4.239 275.39      (R Hight     ) 0.078  4.258 287.41
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.062  4.242 286.56      (R Capps     ) 0.076  4.261 281.48
 Qualified:             #6  4.145 299.60                        #5  4.138 299.26

7:17 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 3,172 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Neff and Tasca have each won 2 times against the other in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Neff staged deep and was late coming out of the gate. Tasca had a good start and took his car right down the groove for the Funny Car win here.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink