Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 17:35 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Courtney Force                          2 Matt Hagan                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.076  4.094 313.44                     0.056  4.121 309.77
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Force     ) 0.051  4.143 311.56      (C Head      ) 0.091  4.158 302.96
E2    (D Worsham   ) 0.067  4.154 311.13      (J Arend     ) 0.081  4.139 307.44
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.090  4.101 314.31      (A DeJoria   ) 0.057  4.158 299.06
 Qualified:             #4  4.047 317.87                        #7  4.071 315.49

4:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,852 feet, track temperature 111 degrees.

Courtney is 3-1 in finals this year, 5-6 in her career. She won the last race in Dallas. Hagan is 2-1 in finals this year, 12-15 in his career.

Hagan is currently in second in the points, eight points ahead of Courtney. Whoever wins this race will leave in second place.

Force is 8 - 5 against Hagan in prior events and is 1 - 0 against Hagan in prior final rounds.

Hagan gets out of the gate first and stays in front through the 660 foot mark. Force drives around him just past that point and pulls away for the win and runs the quickest pass in eliminations today.

This is the first time a female has won back-to-back races in this class.

Courtney Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(-0.017), 660ft(-0.005). MOV: 0.0076 seconds (approximately 3 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink