Sun, 20 Jun 2010, 05:28 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of final, round 4 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
    4 Tim Wilkerson                           9 John Force                   
E4                   0.078 12.365  31.80     ****WINNER****  0.058  4.317 285.59
 Prior rounds:
E3    (D Worsham   ) 0.081  4.317 279.27      (B Tasca III ) 0.046  4.284 292.71
E2    (A Force Hood) 0.083  4.313 281.71      (M Hagan     ) 0.055  4.290 291.19
E1    (M Troxel    ) 0.089  4.233 295.46      (P Lee       ) 0.083  4.246 293.98
 Qualified:             #8  4.238 283.67                        #6  4.216 297.55

5:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 28.46 inches, adjusted altitude 4,414 feet, track temperature 134 degrees.

Force is 25 - 9 against Wilkerson in prior events and each has won 2 times against the other in final rounds. This is the first time they have met this year.

This was over almost before it began. Wilkerson hit the throttle, banged the blower and the chutes deployed before he made it 100 feet. Force made another nice run and takes the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink