Sun, 27 Sep 2015, 14:17 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                         711 Jack Beckman                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.085  3.992 311.13                     0.060 11.469  77.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Head      ) 0.074  4.025 267.32      (J Bojec     ) 0.069  5.308 135.96
 Qualified:             #6  3.942 321.12                        #3  3.907 327.27

1:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 68 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,282 feet, track temperature 90 degrees.

Pedregon is 15 - 13 against Beckman in prior events.

Beckman hits the throttle, goes up in smoke and is off the throttle quickly. Pedregon goes right down the groove and moves on to the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Matt Hagan                              2 John Force                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.065  3.979 323.97                     0.040  4.014 323.43
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Stewart   ) 0.084  3.955 325.22      (R Hight     ) 0.084  4.670 172.85
 Qualified:             #1  3.883 330.47                        #8  3.985 322.42

Force is 15 - 13 against Hagan in prior events.

Force gets out of the gate first but Hagan reels him in quickly and goes around him by the time they reach the sixty foot mark. He extends his lead, Force makes up a little ground at the 660 foot mark, then Hagan hangs on and takes the win.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.006), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0101 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  750 Del Worsham                             9 Tim Wilkerson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.037  3.956 324.36                     0.063  3.974 323.04
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.086  3.945 325.69      (C Force     ) 0.078  3.983 323.12
 Qualified:             #2  3.899 327.82                       #10  3.998 318.02

Worsham is 23 - 20 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Worsham is leading the points right now and the number two and three are out of the race.

Worsham gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Wilkerson is able to make up a little ground at the 660 foot mark, runs the second quickest pass of the round, but Worsham hangs on and takes the win.

Worsham will have lane choice over Pedregon in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                         28 Ron Capps                    
E2                   0.060  7.810  87.23     ****WINNER****  0.053  3.949 324.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.064  3.966 292.77      (J Hale      ) 0.088  4.002 320.74
 Qualified:            #12  4.073 305.91                        #4  3.937 327.19

Capps is 8 - 4 against DeJoria in prior events.

DeJoria leaves the line, gets about 100 feet out and strikes the tires ending her day. Capps goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round and takes the win.

Capps will have lane choice over Hagan in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink