Sun, 23 May 2010, 02:16 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

TOPEKA, Kan. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  388 Jim Head                              116 Paul Lee                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.101  4.161 300.73                     0.107  4.197 299.20
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.097  4.173 303.64      (T Wilkerson ) 0.116  4.168 298.60
 Qualified:             #7  4.125 296.31                       #15  4.507 263.98

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 28.68 inches, adjusted altitude 4,071 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

This is the first time Head and Lee have faced each other in eliminations. Head is out of the gate first and never trailed as he has another good looking pass. Jim Head's MOV: 0.0422 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                            170 Jeff Arend                   
E2                   0.051  4.152 304.12     ****WINNER****  0.063  4.134 300.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hagan     ) 0.052  4.144 307.09      (J Diehl     ) 0.120  4.146 301.33
 Qualified:             #6  4.118 307.58                        #3  4.104 305.84

Force is 10 - 1 against Arend in prior events. force is out of the gate first, but Arend has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trails from there on. This is a great drag race, Jeff Arend's MOV: 0.0069 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Arend will have lane choice over Head in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               8 Bob Tasca III                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.078  4.126 298.40                     0.068  4.184 304.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.086  4.136 299.40      (J Beckman   ) 0.077  4.150 305.22
 Qualified:             #5  4.117 305.42                       #13  4.256 294.05

Capps is 9 - 3 against Tasca III in prior events. Tasca III with a slight starting line advantage, but Capps has the lead when they go by the Christmas tree. Capps with the quickest pass of the round for the win. Ron Capps' MOV: 0.0488 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Robert Hight                            7 Del Worsham                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  4.127 302.55                     0.053  5.516 138.29
 Prior rounds:
E1                   0.107  4.074 310.70      (A Force Hood) 0.072  4.137 304.87
 Qualified:             #1  4.095 308.21                        #9  4.173 303.78

Hight is 11 - 5 against Worsham in prior events. Worsham is out of the gate first and then starts to smoke the tires. Hight with another great pass for the win, but he will give up lane choice to Capps in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink