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Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 03:32 PM

Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7701 Mike Neff                              71 Cruz Pedregon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.079  4.187 287.23                     0.082  6.506 106.26
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hagan     ) 0.085  4.202 289.57      (R Hight     ) 0.053  4.197 276.35
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.092  4.170 305.98      (T Wilkerson ) 0.067  4.141 303.03
 Qualified:             #5  4.110 309.06                        #8  4.153 287.41

3:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,047 feet, track temperature 121 degrees.
Neff and Pedregon have each won 4 times against the other in prior events.

They come off the line together, Neff starts to pull ahead, then the engine falls silent on Pedregon's car, not sure why. Neff takes the win and will be in his 12th career final.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               1 John Force                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  4.818 228.58                     0.075 13.283  51.12
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.083  4.559 213.81      (D Wilkerson ) 0.103  4.160 287.41
E1    (M Troxel    ) 0.065  4.118 299.26      (J Head      ) 0.097  4.130 298.21
 Qualified:             #2  4.095 299.26                        #3  4.097 307.51

Force is 42 - 22 against Capps in prior events.
Capps gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Force hits the throttle, goes up in smoke and has to give up on the run. Capps gets about 500 feet out, strikes the tires, then pedals three or four times as he goes through the lights.
This will be Capps' first final this year.

Neff will have lane choice over Capps in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink