Sun, 14 Feb 2016, 19:46 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Del Worsham                            28 Ron Capps                    
E4                   0.071  3.962 324.36     ****WINNER****  0.052  3.981 324.28
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Force     ) 0.079  3.978 321.81      (R Hight     ) 0.076  3.938 321.35
E2    (A DeJoria   ) 0.051  3.981 322.04      (C Head      ) 0.065  3.972 322.81
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.072  4.391 213.70      (J Diehl     ) 0.089  4.009 320.74
 Qualified:             #5  3.943 322.27                        #2  3.902 324.51

4:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 3,190 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Worsham is 38 - 23 in final rounds, Capps is 45 - 45. Worsham is 2 - 1 against Capps in final rounds, but Capps is 36 - 16 overall. Capps won here twice, in 1998 and 2009. Worsham is 0 - 2 in Winternationals finals.

On a holeshot, Capps 34th of his career and 5th in a final round, Capps gets his 46th win. Worsham was closing fast, ran out of racetrack.

Ron Capps' incremental margins: 60ft(0.025), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.002). MOV: 0.0008 seconds (approximately 5 inches).

Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.276, 660ft-3.210/276.86 mph.
Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.280, 660ft-3.227/274.50 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink