Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 02:28 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Del Worsham                             2 Ashley Force Hood            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.073  4.596 252.19                     0.116  4.635 235.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.088  4.109 307.02      (J Diehl     ) 0.122  4.134 282.60
 Qualified:             #7  4.096 305.84                        #2  4.042 314.90

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,690 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Force Hood is 11 - 3 against Worsham in prior events. Worsham is out of the gate first and never trailed but they both had to pedal their cars as they started to lose traction. Del Worsham's MOV: 0.0825 seconds (approximately 29 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                        2814 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.088  4.764 218.05     ****WINNER****  0.093  4.183 303.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.031  4.215 297.68      (M Troxel    ) 0.071  4.217 302.48
 Qualified:            #13  4.246 292.71                        #5  4.091 311.99

Hagan is 4 - 2 against Pedregon in prior events. Pedregon starts to lose traction early and pedals it and is back up in smoke and finally clicks it off. Hagan launched hard and made a great looking pass on this hot track...I believe this is the hottest track they have raced on all year.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Robert Hight                          170 Jeff Arend                   
E2                   0.083  6.314 106.55     ****WINNER****  0.067  4.246 295.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.092  4.108 309.13      (J Head      ) 0.078  4.140 307.23
 Qualified:             #3  4.051 312.64                        #6  4.095 309.98

Hight is 8 - 0 against Arend in prior events. Arend was out of the gate first and was on a good looking pass until right on the top end when it the car made a quick move toward the centerline. He was able to keep it in his lane and take the win. He will have lane choice against Worsham in the semifinal. Hight was up in smoke early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Tim Wilkerson                           6 Tony Pedregon                
E2                   0.066  4.213 299.13     ****WINNER****  0.041  4.225 302.89
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Beckman   ) 0.060  5.051 185.28      (J Force     ) 0.069  4.708 183.79
 Qualified:             #9  4.098 306.12                       #16  4.296 260.16

Pedregon is 20 - 12 against Wilkerson in prior events. Pedregon is first out of the gate and has the power to hold on for the hole shot win. This was a good drag race Pedregon never trailed, but wilkerson was closing the gap on the top end. Tony Pedregon's incremental margins: 60ft(0.003), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.005). MOV: 0.0138 seconds (approximately 6 feet). Pedregon will give up lane choice to Hagan in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink