Sun, 25 Jul 2010, 05:58 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 31st annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Robert Hight                            9 John Force                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.073  4.215 296.05                     0.031  4.386 284.99
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Hagan     ) 0.082  4.218 296.50      (C Pedregon  ) 0.084  4.287 294.24
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.074  4.251 293.54      (B Tasca III ) 0.065  4.280 293.66
E1    (J Day       ) 0.083  4.319 286.25      (P Lee       ) 0.108  4.221 296.24
 Qualified:             #4  4.218 295.34                        #2  4.191 296.76

3:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 24.27 inches, adjusted altitude 9,495 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Hight is 11 - 10 against Force in prior events and Force is 2 - 0 against Hight in prior final rounds. John Force has 130 event wins in 208 final rounds. Robert Hight has 17 event wins in 30 final rounds. Force left first but Hight had the difference made up by the 60-foot mark.

Robert Hight's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.082), 660ft(0.102). MOV: 0.1299 seconds (approximately 54 feet).

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.379, 660ft-3.389/254.33 mph.
John Force's incremental times: 60ft-1.002 sec., 330ft-2.503, 660ft-3.533/247.84 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink