Sun, 5 Jun 2011, 04:26 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 42nd annual NHRA SuperNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7701 Mike Neff                              71 Cruz Pedregon                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.104  4.071 314.09                    -0.104  6.691 105.84
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Capps     ) 0.096  4.067 313.00      (M Hagan     ) 0.098  4.111 284.62
E2    (J Gray      ) 0.117  4.083 313.66      (J Beckman   ) 0.092  4.074 305.84
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.100  4.079 311.77      (J Smith     ) 0.097  4.141 302.08
 Qualified:             #7  4.111 306.95                        #1  4.048 302.82

4:21 p.m. -- Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 1,689 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Pedregon's crew changed engines between rounds. Neff had a 0.104 start, Pedregon had a -0.104 reaction time. The ride light start by Pedregon gave Neff the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink