Sun, 01 Nov 2015, 19:28 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Tommy Johnson Jr.                       5 Robert Hight                 
E4                   0.049  8.279  85.02     ****WINNER****  0.086  3.955 323.97
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Capps     ) 0.067  3.968 313.07      (C Head      ) 0.081  3.971 323.89
E2    (A DeJoria   ) 0.064  4.008 309.13      (D Worsham   ) 0.068  3.983 318.92
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.096  4.014 310.98      (G Densham   ) 0.076  4.035 318.54
 Qualified:             #1  3.931 320.43                        #3  3.937 314.90

4:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.78 inches, adjusted altitude 4,336 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Hight is 35-20 for his career, 1-2 this year. Johnson is 12-19, 2-4 this year. two of his wins are in Top Fuel.

Johnson gets out of the gate first, gets about 100 feet out and goes up in smoke. Hight goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the day to take the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink