Sun, 06 Sep 2015, 16:27 PM Funny Car Shootout Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of final, round 3 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
  711 Jack Beckman                            5 Robert Hight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.081  4.051 309.06                     0.045  4.138 303.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.089  4.027 314.09      (T Wilkerson ) 0.076  4.102 305.56
E1    (C Force     ) 0.068  4.052 311.99      (M Hagan     ) 0.068  4.069 313.80
 Qualified:             #1 1,279                                #7 936          

Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 3,904 feet, track temperature 127 degrees.

Hight with the starting line advantage, but Beckman has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Jack Beckman's MOV: 0.0512 seconds (approximately 23 feet). This pass counts as qualifying and Beckman with the quickest pass of that round of qualify. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.279, 660ft-3.262/263.77 mph. Beckman wins his second Traxxas Funny Car Shootout.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink