Mon, 08 Oct 2012, 13:40 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   31 Johnny Gray                             5 Mike Neff                    
E4                   0.070  9.305  77.88     ****WINNER****  0.072  4.030 317.94
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Beckman   ) 0.069  4.026 319.45      (J Force     ) 0.128  4.031 316.45
E2    (M Hagan     ) 0.093  4.066 314.09      (J Head      ) 0.083  4.024 315.71
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.078  4.138 285.83      (T Pedregon  ) 0.107  4.032 316.82
 Qualified:             #4  4.028 318.99                        #3  4.017 318.84

1:32 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 55 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.69 inches, adjusted altitude 453 feet, track temperature 61 degrees.

Neff and Gray came off the starting line at about the same time, but Gray's card shook the tires hard. He tried to pedal it and get hooked up again, but every time Gray gave the car some power, the rear tires spun and smoked. Neff took his car down the groove to take the Funny Car win here this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink