Mon, 3 Oct 2011, 01:56 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   31 Johnny Gray                             8 Robert Hight                 
E4                   0.088  9.836  73.91     ****WINNER****  0.051  4.065 302.62
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Tasca III ) 0.108  4.022 310.55      (J Arend     ) 0.069  4.053 314.53
E2    (M Neff      ) 0.093  4.578 197.68      (M Hagan     ) 0.067  4.096 314.02
E1    (L Pruett    ) 0.094  4.319 254.57      (R Capps     ) 0.053  4.041 317.42
 Qualified:             #1  4.010 318.62                       #11  4.090 312.21

Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.42 inches, adjusted altitude 942 feet, track temperature 69 degrees.

Hight is 2 - 1 against Gray in prior events and Hight is 1 - 0 against Gray in prior final rounds. This is rematch of the Las Vegas 1 final where Hight won. Hight is out of the gate first and never trails as Gray is up in smoke right off the starting line. Hight with his fifth win this season in as many final rounds and this is his 23 rd career win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink