Sun, 20 Sep 2015, 16:22 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 John Force                            750 Del Worsham                  
E3                   0.063  4.148 303.03     ****WINNER****  0.053  4.138 297.29
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.067  4.143 305.49      (M Hagan     ) 0.054  4.235 290.69
E1    (J Hale      ) 0.071  4.266 265.06      (D Richards  ) 0.087  4.120 304.94
 Qualified:             #6  4.004 313.80                        #2  3.993 318.32

4:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 3,608 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Force is 50 - 25 against Worsham in prior events.

Worsham gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Force starts making up ground after the 330 foot mark when Worsham drops a cylinder. Force continues to make up ground but runs out of race track.

Del Worsham's incremental margins: 60ft(0.030), 330 ft(0.055), 660ft(0.040). MOV: 0.0207 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Tommy Johnson Jr.                     771 Alexis DeJoria               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.070  4.118 299.33                     0.025 11.537  82.99
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Force     ) 0.067  4.095 302.08      (S Westerfiel) 0.111  4.123 305.49
E1    (B Gilbertson) 0.088  4.338 303.71      (T Wilkerson ) 0.082  4.107 301.94
 Qualified:             #1  3.971 312.42                       #13  4.208 293.54

DeJoria gets off the line first, gets about 50 feet out and goes up in smoke. Johnson goes around quickly, goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win.

Johnson will have lane choice over Worsham in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink