Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 04:08 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Del Worsham                             4 Tim Wilkerson                
E3                   0.083  4.390 271.41     ****WINNER****  0.081  4.317 279.27
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.095  4.530 266.74      (A Force Hood) 0.083  4.313 281.71
E1    (R Hight     ) 0.054  4.256 291.63      (M Troxel    ) 0.089  4.233 295.46
 Qualified:             #4  4.186 300.80                        #8  4.238 283.67

4:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 28.48 inches, adjusted altitude 4,308 feet, track temperature 138 degrees.

Worsham is 15 - 13 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Wilkerson and Worsham leave the line almost together. Worsham is ahead by a little at the sixty foot mark, then moves around just a little, allowing Wilkerson to drive around. Wilkerson went right down the groove and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Bob Tasca III                           9 John Force                   
E3                   0.050  4.783 190.32     ****WINNER****  0.046  4.284 292.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Pedregon  ) 0.051  4.336 280.60      (M Hagan     ) 0.055  4.290 291.19
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.080  4.236 292.65      (P Lee       ) 0.083  4.246 293.98
 Qualified:             #7  4.228 289.07                        #6  4.216 297.55

Tasca III is 4 - 3 against Force in prior events, one of the few drivers with a winning record against Force.

Tasca was out in front early in the run, then started hazing the tires about 400 feet out. Force motors by and pulls away for the win.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.004), 330 ft(-0.008), 660ft(0.173). MOV: 0.5038 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Force will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink