Sun, 28 Feb 2016, 17:42 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 John Force                            746 Courtney Force               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.087  4.006 318.02                     0.052  9.212  82.51
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.081  4.014 319.07      (T Johnson Jr) 0.067  3.973 319.67
E1    (J Hale      ) 0.086  3.955 322.65      (T Haddock   ) 0.086  3.930 326.79
 Qualified:             #3  3.938 323.81                        #2  3.930 323.97

3:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.75 inches, adjusted altitude 3,236 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

J. Force is 8 - 7 against C. Force in prior events. John Force has won over 65% of his round three races, but daughter, Courtney, has a two to one win advantage in this round. Courtney Force has almost a 52% win advantage in round three. They wer #2 and #3 in qualifying.

It's all over at the green, as the Traxxas Camaro is smoking the tires hard right off the line.

Force make another great looking pass, just missing the the second zone by 0.006. This win will send him into his 242th final round appearance.

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.288, 660ft-3.239/272.45 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Tim Wilkerson                           6 Robert Hight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.085  3.994 317.19                     0.084  8.351  84.37
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.097  4.597 228.19      (D Worsham   ) 0.071  3.977 320.97
E1    (C Head      ) 0.094  3.970 320.81      (C Pedregon  ) 0.083  3.905 327.11
 Qualified:             #8  3.966 317.19                        #4  3.945 317.87

Hight is 19 - 15 against Wilkerson in prior events. Hight has over a 58% win advantage in round three races. He has a one round advantage in the prior seven races in round three against Wilkerson. Wilkerson

"Got Wilk?"

While Hight gets a small 0.001 head start, the Zippy tune up is just too strong for the track. He looked to almost match team-mate, Force, with the tires smoking hard after that.

Wilkerson makes another strong and clean pass to take lane choice over Force, going into his thirty-fifth final round.

Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.295, 660ft-3.229/275.34 mph.

3:30 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink