Sun, 02 Nov 2014, 19:50 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 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
    1 John Force                            750 Del Worsham                  
E4                   0.044  4.104 321.42     ****WINNER****  0.074  4.064 318.39
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hight     ) 0.084  4.069 319.45      (M Hagan     ) 0.073  4.059 315.71
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.076  4.069 319.45      (R Capps     ) 0.108  4.092 315.19
E1    (J Capps     ) 0.073  4.085 318.54      (J Arend     ) 0.075  4.110 309.63
 Qualified:             #2  4.022 320.66                       #12  4.090 311.13

4:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 27.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,672 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Force has a 141-94 record in final rounds, 3-7 this year. Worsham is 33-20 in final rounds, 0-2 this year.

Force is 49 - 23 against Worsham in prior events and each has won 6 times against the other in final rounds.

Force is in second place in the points, 21 behind Hagan.

Force gets out of the gate first. Worsham pulled in front by the time they reached the sixty foot mark and started pulling away. He continued to extend his lead to the 330 foot mark, then Force started making up ground. Force continued to gain through the rest of the run but soon ran out of race track. Worsham hangs on for the win, his first Funny Car win since Richmond in 2009.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink