Mon, 5 Sep 2011, 05:58 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Bob Tasca III                        7701 Mike Neff                    
E4                   0.098  4.147 278.00     ****WINNER****  0.072  4.068 314.61
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Capps     ) 0.078  4.143 308.14      (M Hagan     ) 0.087  4.060 313.66
E2    (M Troxel    ) 0.070  4.181 302.35      (J Arend     ) 0.086  4.062 310.91
E1    (J Force     ) 0.063  4.162 302.75      (R Hight     ) 0.093  4.086 312.78
 Qualified:            #10  4.120 309.06                        #9  4.118 309.63

5:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 2,257 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

This will be a new Funny Car Champion for 2011.Neff is 5 - 4 against Tasca III in prior events and Tasca III is 1 - 0 against Neff in prior final rounds.

Neff is away first and starts to pull ahead running down the track. Any chance that Tasca had was gone right after the 660 lights, when there is fire out from underneath the body and his Mustang slows. There's no oil on the track, so the numbers stick.

Mike Neff is the 2011 57th Indianapolis Funny Car Champion.

Mike Neff's incremental margins: 60ft(0.040), 330 ft(0.043), 660ft(0.058). MOV: 0.1056 seconds (approximately 43 feet).

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.355, 660ft-3.324/265.43 mph.
Mike Neff's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.338, 660ft-3.292/270.27 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink