Sun, 05 Oct 2014, 15:25 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                          2 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.078  4.032 312.64     ****WINNER****  0.064  4.043 319.60
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Tasca III ) 0.070  4.084 309.34      (J Beckman   ) 0.060  4.039 315.05
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.120  4.676 200.17      (T Pedregon  ) 0.063  4.035 319.37
 Qualified:            #10  4.087 307.02                        #3  4.008 321.50

3:14 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 1,443 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.

Coming into this round, DeJoria and Hagan had each won four times against the other in prior events. Hagan got a holeshot win here to take the lead in Funny Car points. Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.005), 660ft(-0.005). MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 18 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  170 Jeff Arend                             33 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3                  -0.031 11.699  69.12     ****WINNER****  0.078  8.610  62.22
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.087  4.096 308.85      (C Pedregon  ) 0.078  4.008 316.52
E1    (C Force     ) 0.070  4.598 221.45      (R Capps     ) 0.037  4.040 321.50
 Qualified:            #13  4.093 310.55                        #9  4.065 316.01

Prior to this race, Johnson had eight wins and one loss against Arend. This was a weird one. Arend went red. Johnson got about 330 feet, then something blew and he coasted the rest of the way down the track for the win. Johnson will race Hagan in the final round. The last time these two raced each other in a final round was at Chicago in June. Hagan won that race.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink