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Sun, 21 Sep 2014, 16:04 PM

Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Tim Wilkerson                         750 Del Worsham                  
E3                   0.105  4.221 296.50     ****WINNER****  0.078  4.178 302.41
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hagan     ) 0.097  4.209 295.59      (A DeJoria   ) 0.102  4.272 288.03
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.102  4.173 304.25      (C Head      ) 0.098  4.213 297.16
 Qualified:            #14  4.269 293.09                       #10  4.088 307.79

2:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.47 inches, adjusted altitude 3,505 feet, track temperature 139 degrees.
Wilkerson and Worsham have each won 18 times against the other in prior events.

Worsham gets the holeshot, starts pulling away and extends his lead all the way through the run. He takes the win and will be going to his second final round this year.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Courtney Force                         33 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.093  4.218 299.06                     0.110  4.254 268.54
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.078  4.161 305.49      (J Force     ) 0.084  4.192 302.08
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.102  4.173 305.56      (C Pedregon  ) 0.070  4.775 169.91
 Qualified:             #1  4.039 314.90                        #4  4.076 309.42

Force is 2 - 1 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.
Johnson is just five points ahead of Force in the standings. Whoever wins this round will go to fourth in the points standings.
Force gets off the line first and extends her lead all the way through the run. She will be going to her fourth final round this year, the 12th in her career.

Worsham will have lane choice over Force in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink