Sun, 12 Feb 2017, 18:54 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations |
By David Gerard |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Matt Hagan 6 Courtney Force
E4 ****WINNER**** 0.054 3.875 330.07 0.059 3.901 326.95
Prior rounds:
E3 (R Capps ) 0.050 4.290 207.50 (J Force ) 0.054 3.872 326.24
E2 (J Beckman ) 0.045 3.882 329.18 (J Todd ) 0.066 3.892 326.08
E1 (J Diehl ) 0.072 3.885 331.77 (J Campbell ) 0.077 6.610 105.68
Qualified: #1 3.822 335.57 #3 3.849 330.23
3:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent,
barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 2,552 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.Team DSR in the left lane and Team JFR in the right lane. Hagan has a 22 win and 20 runner-up history, so far. He has already one here once and has two runner-ups. Force has eight wins and ten runner-ups to date. Hagan and Force have each won 10 times against the other in prior events and Force is 2 - 0 against Hagan in prior final rounds.
Hagan was way late getting to the pad and almost got DQ'ed. He actually starts first and they both do their burnouts without problems.
Just 0.005 difference in their reaction times and Hagan gets a small lead. Force starts to make it up by the 330 lights, but the Camaro gets out of the groove and it costs her. Hagan increases his lead to the finish line for the 15 foot win.
Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.009), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.015). MOV: 0.0316 seconds (approximately 15 feet).
Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.883 sec.,
330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.146/292.27 mph.
Courtney Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.248, 660ft-3.156/281.36 mph.
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