Sun, 30 Oct 2016, 19:07 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, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 John Force                            746 Courtney Force               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.884 327.19                     0.066  3.906 325.85
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Hagan     ) 0.040  3.928 330.39      (R Capps     ) 0.058  3.880 326.48
E2    (C Head      ) 0.075  3.917 325.92      (J Beckman   ) 0.082  3.886 321.73
E1    (J Bojec     ) 0.115  3.906 326.95      (A DeJoria   ) 0.122  3.888 327.82
 Qualified:             #3  3.876 331.94                        #8  3.905 325.69

3:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 27.68 inches, adjusted altitude 4,829 feet.

John Force is 146-99 in final rounds, 3-1 this season.

Courtney Force is 8-9 in career final rounds, 1-2 this year.

J. Force is 13 - 7 against C. Force in prior events and each has won 2 times against the other in final rounds.

A good side-by-side, these two were glued together for most of the run. Courtney gets a small advantage off the line and starts to pull away. She stays in front for the first 600 feet, then John is able to pull even and go ahead for the win.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.017), 330 ft(-0.013), 660ft(0.002). MOV: 0.0171 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink