Sun, 15 May 2016, 15:06 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Tommy Johnson Jr.                       2 Jack Beckman                 
E3                   0.063  3.992 317.79     ****WINNER****  0.065  3.967 323.58
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A DeJoria   ) 0.050  7.146  97.74      (R Capps     ) 0.040  3.989 323.81
E1    (J Hale      ) 0.086  3.960 319.45      (J Campbell  ) 0.081  3.911 328.86
 Qualified:             #5  3.973 317.94                        #1  3.939 326.32

2:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.27 inches, adjusted altitude 2,249 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Beckman is 12 - 7 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

It's a coin flip off the line, Beckman starts pulling ahead and pulls away for the win.

Jack Beckman's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.013), 330 ft(0.012), 660ft(0.014). MOV: 0.0238 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  746 Courtney Force                          5 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.064  5.845 115.75     ****WINNER****  0.043  3.939 325.06
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.082  3.950 327.35      (D Worsham   ) 0.080  3.926 327.19
E1    (J Diehl     ) 0.124  3.915 327.74      (C Head      ) 0.071  3.906 329.02
 Qualified:             #3  3.946 324.67                        #2  3.943 326.08

Force is 10 - 5 against Hagan in prior events.

Hagan gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Force gets about 200 feet out, strikes the tires and backs off the throttle. Hagan goes right down the groove and takes the win.

Hagan will have lane choice over Beckman in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink