Sun, 27 Sep 2015, 15:46 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
  750 Del Worsham                            71 Cruz Pedregon                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.079  3.952 326.40                     0.057 13.070  60.74
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.037  3.956 324.36      (J Beckman   ) 0.085  3.992 311.13
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.086  3.945 325.69      (C Head      ) 0.074  4.025 267.32
 Qualified:             #2  3.899 327.82                        #6  3.942 321.12

2:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 2,666 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Pedregon is 26 - 14 against Worsham in prior events.

Pedregon hits the throttle and boils the hides. He gets about ten feet out and backs off the throttle. Worsham goes right down the groove with another three second pass, his sixth of the weekend to take the win and move on to his second consecutive final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               1 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.052 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.045 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A DeJoria   ) 0.053  3.949 324.67      (J Force     ) 0.065  3.979 323.97
E1    (J Hale      ) 0.088  4.002 320.74      (B Stewart   ) 0.084  3.955 325.22
 Qualified:             #4  3.937 327.19                        #1  3.883 330.47

Capps is 22 - 12 against Hagan in prior events.

Hagan hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. he pedals once, the car makes a move to the right and he backs off the throttle. Capps starts drifting to the left, gets about 600 feet out and loses a cylinder or two on the right side. The car starts moving to the right quickly, he backs off the throttle, but crosses the centerline and takes out the timing blocks at the end of the track. His run is disqualified giving Hagan the trip to the finals against Worsham, Worsham with the lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink