Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 04:10 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Force                              4 Tim Wilkerson                
E4                   0.069  4.272 290.88     ****WINNER****  0.077  4.191 300.40
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hight     ) 0.094  4.249 288.77      (D Worsham   ) 0.059  4.277 283.73
E2    (P Lee       ) 0.109  4.265 290.26      (J Arend     ) 0.107  4.271 285.05
E1    (A Force Hood) 0.113  4.212 297.35      (B Tasca III ) 0.077  4.208 297.61
 Qualified:            #16  4.238 293.03                       #10  4.135 293.28

3:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.70 inches, adjusted altitude 4,269 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Force is 26 - 9 against Wilkerson in prior events and Force is 3 - 2 against Wilkerson in prior final rounds. He won against Wilkerson at Bristol earlier this year.

We have a all Ford Mustang final round. Team Wilkerson was just a little late getting the car into the water, but no problems.

They almost identical RT, with Force getting a small advantage that is gone before the sixty foot lights. He pulls steadily ahead to run the second quickest ET of the day.

This is Wilkerson's fifteenth career win and second this year.

Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.006), 330 ft(0.044), 660ft(0.059). MOV: 0.0736 seconds (approximately 31 feet).

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.418, 660ft-3.440/251.53 mph.
Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.922 sec., 330ft-2.366, 660ft-3.373/255.63 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink