Sun, 04 Oct 2015, 15:21 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual NHRA Keystone Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3111 Chad Head                             303 John Bojec                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.165  3.968 316.30                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hale      ) 0.130  3.964 321.42      (T Wilkerson ) 0.124  4.348 262.95
E1    (J Force     ) 0.102  5.328 220.26      (M Hagan     ) 0.087  5.095 230.61
 Qualified:             #9  9.649  69.48                       #12 10.426  69.33

3:10 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.65 inches, adjusted altitude 1,181 feet, track temperature 71 degrees.

Bojec was not able to answer the call after the engine in his car blew and the car caught on fire at the end of his second round run. That gave head a solo run into the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  711 Jack Beckman                           28 Ron Capps                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.063  3.897 326.87                     0.072  4.123 299.66
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Johnson Jr) 0.058  3.925 326.16      (C Pedregon  ) 0.066  3.969 324.90
E1    (A DeJoria   ) 0.071  6.625 254.90      (P Lee       ) 0.090  4.125 321.04
 Qualified:             #3  5.440 203.12                        #2  4.218 318.17

Beckman just had his career best ET and set a national ET record with this run, which was backed up by his first round ET of 3.925 seconds. Capps had a bit of tire shake for the first couple hundred feet. Beckman will have lane choice over Head in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink