Sun, 06 Sep 2015, 14:17 PM Funny Car Shootout Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Traxxas Funny Car Shootout at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Robert Hight                            9 Tim Wilkerson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  4.102 305.56                     0.093  4.165 302.82
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hagan     ) 0.068  4.069 313.80      (T Johnson Jr) 0.065  4.035 317.19
 Qualified:             #7 936                                  #6 942          

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 3,631 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Hight with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  711 Jack Beckman                           28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089  4.027 314.09                     0.066  4.122 305.84
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Force     ) 0.068  4.052 311.99      (J Force     ) 0.069  4.033 317.34
 Qualified:             #1 1,279                                #5 1,020        

Capps with the starting line advantage, but Beckman had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on to go to the final. He will have lane choice over Hight in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink