Sun, 13 Jun 2010, 03:04 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 41st annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Del Worsham                             5 Jack Beckman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.097  4.180 303.30                     0.167  4.185 296.44
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.091  4.230 297.75      (J Head      ) 0.098  4.178 295.92
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.125  4.228 297.68      (R Capps     ) 0.111  4.232 292.08
 Qualified:             #9  4.135 306.88                       #12  4.262 291.95

2:56 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 2,640 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Beckman is 10 - 1 against Worsham in prior events.

Worsham had another nice run today. He came out of the gate first and extended his lead as the two cars made their way down the track. Both drivers made clean runs with no tire shake and no smoke.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2814 Matt Hagan                              8 Bob Tasca III                
E3                   0.063  4.187 299.40     ****WINNER****  0.093  4.154 302.89
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Arend     ) 0.103  4.194 296.37      (J Force     ) 0.093  4.175 300.93
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.086  4.226 297.94      (A Force Hood) 0.150  4.162 303.71
 Qualified:             #6  4.119   NS                          #7  4.121 305.91

Hagan was quicker out of the gate and led this race to 660 feet. Tasca slipped by him after that and edged out Hagan for the win. He'll have lane choice over Worsham in the final round. Bob Tasca III's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.034), 330 ft(-0.026), 660ft(-0.009). MOV: 0.0032 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink