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Sun, 16 Oct 2011, 06:06 PM

Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  170 Jeff Arend                              4 Jack Beckman                 
E3                   0.120  4.416 277.26     ****WINNER****  0.055  4.299 286.62
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Tasca III ) 0.070  4.459 278.06      (R Hight     ) -0.027  4.344 281.07
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.150  4.550 275.39      (J Force     ) 0.045  4.295 288.77
 Qualified:            #16  4.411 274.55                        #5  4.279 284.45

2:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 28.61 inches, adjusted altitude 3,990 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.
Beckman is 6 - 3 against Arend in prior events and has really helped himself to a lot of points today.
Big advantage off the line for Beckman and he pulls steadily ahead from start to finish. He runs close to today's best in his efforts.
Arend was late off the line and couldn't match the Aaron's Charger's pace.
Jack Beckman's incremental margins: 60ft(0.055), 330 ft(0.109), 660ft(0.155). MOV: 0.1828 seconds (approximately 74 feet).

Jeff Arend's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.474, 660ft-3.543/239.40 mph.
Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.430, 660ft-3.453/248.39 mph.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  388 Jim Head                               31 Johnny Gray                  
E3                   0.109  4.453 277.66     ****WINNER****  0.114  4.448 278.29
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Lee       ) 0.209  4.811 252.00      (M Hagan     ) 0.070  4.277 283.79
E1    (J Diehl     ) 0.102  4.991 261.37      (M Troxel    ) 0.094  4.231 288.33
 Qualified:             #2  4.238 289.07                        #3  4.240 285.83

Gray is 1 - 0 against Head in prior events.
Gray's is second off the line and pulling away until near the 660 lights, where he has to pump the throttle to calm the car down from shake and spin. I would have guessed that he was done at that point, as he was only ahead by 0.001. Heads car started to slow too at that point and Gray was just able to take the stripe by three inches.
Johnny Gray's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.038), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.001). MOV: 0.0006 seconds (approximately 3 inches).
Jim Head's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.498, 660ft-3.579/236.55 mph.
Johnny Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.932 sec., 330ft-2.484, 660ft-3.573/237.17 mph.

3:01 p.m. Beckman will have lane choice in the finals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink