Sun, 02 Nov 2014, 17:08 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 14th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  750 Del Worsham                            28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.108  4.092 315.19                     0.066  4.138 315.71
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.075  4.110 309.63      (T Pedregon  ) 0.081  4.145 313.00
 Qualified:            #12  4.090 311.13                        #4  4.037 322.34

1:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.75 inches, adjusted altitude 3,790 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Capps is 36 - 14 against Worsham in prior events.

Capps gets off the line first and stays in front to the 660 foot mark. Worsham reels him in and goes around him soon after that point and pulls away for the win.

Del Worsham's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.028), 330 ft(-0.022), 660ft(-0.003). MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  116 Paul Lee                                5 Robert Hight                 
E2                   0.104  4.229 264.80     ****WINNER****  0.072  4.102 313.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Force     ) 0.091  4.118 306.88      (J Beckman   ) 0.070  4.091 315.64
 Qualified:            #14  4.151 301.40                       #11  4.089 316.52

Lee and Hight have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.

Hight gets off the line first and starts to pull away. Lee was on a decent pass, then had problems late in the run and the car nosed over.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Tim Wilkerson                           1 John Force                   
E2                   0.091  4.144 308.00     ****WINNER****  0.076  4.069 319.45
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.086  4.690 209.26      (J Capps     ) 0.073  4.085 318.54
 Qualified:            #10  4.079 314.17                        #2  4.022 320.66

Force is 31 - 14 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Force comes off the line first and starts pulling away. Wilkerson makes a decent pass, but Force runs low ET of eliminations so far and pulls away for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Matt Hagan                             33 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075  4.064 314.09                     0.065  4.115 307.72
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.080  4.073 314.24      (A DeJoria   ) 0.095  4.104 310.70
 Qualified:             #1  3.983 322.42                        #8  4.065 311.41

Johnson gets a small advantage off the line but Hagan had that advantage chewed up before they reached the sixty foot mark. Hagan goes on to run quick ET of the round and moves on to round three.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.011), 330 ft(0.020), 660ft(0.031). MOV: 0.0415 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

In the next round it will be Hagan with lane choice over Worsham and Force with lane choice over Hight.

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