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Sun, 27 Sep 2015, 16:54 PM

Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 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                             1 Matt Hagan                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.052  3.964 320.13                     0.051  3.983 324.20
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Pedregon  ) 0.079  3.952 326.40      (R Capps     )       No Time      
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.037  3.956 324.36      (J Force     ) 0.065  3.979 323.97
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.086  3.945 325.69      (B Stewart   ) 0.084  3.955 325.22
 Qualified:             #2  3.899 327.82                        #1  3.883 330.47

3:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.55 inches, adjusted altitude 2,600 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.
This has been quite a weekend for these two drivers. Hagan ran the second quickest pass ever in this class and also ran the fastest ever speed. Worsham will leave with the national ET record unless Hagan can run a 3.922 or better, then he would have the record.
Hagan has four wins this year, 18 in his career.
Worsham has 35 wins in his career, 27 in Funny Car. He has one win this year, last weekend in Charlotte.
Hagan is 8 - 6 against Worsham in prior events and Hagan is 1 - 0 against Worsham in prior final rounds.
They leave the line together, Worsham inches ahead at the sixty foot mark, then continues to pull away. He stays in front, then blows the engine just after he goes through the lights. He gets the fire out, rolls to a stop and climbs out of the car.
Del Worsham's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.004), 330 ft(0.014), 660ft(0.022). MOV: 0.0186 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Worsham wins his second event in a row, his second this year, and also leaves here with the national ET record. He also leaves with a ninety point lead in the points chase.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink