Sun, 15 Aug 2010, 05:42 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jack Beckman                          340 Bob Bode                     
E4                   0.080  8.338  86.32     ****WINNER****  0.114  4.248 253.66
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Head      ) 0.083  4.089 300.66      (T Wilkerson ) 0.098  4.162 293.35
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.082  4.080 306.33      (B Tasca III ) 0.079  4.140 299.20
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.148  4.057 304.32      (C Pedregon  ) 0.078  4.159 304.05
 Qualified:             #6  4.141 295.34                       #12  4.184 297.35

4:35 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 28.56 inches, adjusted altitude 3,117 feet.

This is Bode's first final round. This is Beckman's 4th final round of this season, the 21st of his career. He was runner up here in 2008. Beckman is 1 - 0 against Bode in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Major upset! Beckman started to lose traction at 100 feet with the car almost sideways at the 330-foot mark. Bob Bode sails on down the strip for his first Funny Car Wally.

Bob Bode's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.027), 330 ft(0.658), 660ft(2.188). MOV: 4.0567 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Bob Bode's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.350, 660ft-3.361/249.81 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink