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Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 14:34 PM

Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA SpringNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Ron Capps                             801 Jonnie Lindberg              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.951 321.04                     0.065  5.159 153.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Simpson   ) 0.104  3.897 327.90      (T Johnson Jr) 0.069  3.944 326.16
 Qualified:             #2  3.884 326.56                       #10  3.961 323.50

1:14 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 1,348 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.
Lindberg is 1 - 0 against Capps in prior events.

Lindberg lost traction at about 200 feet. He pedaled it and was back up in smoke at about 600 feet. Capps did a quick pedal job at half track and he got the win. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.267, 660ft-3.195/279.56 mph.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                          373 J.R. Todd                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.093  3.898 327.82                     0.082  3.958 324.36
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.075  3.870 331.77      (C Pedregon  ) 0.078  3.959 323.58
 Qualified:             #4  3.894 329.67                       #12  4.016 322.65

This is the first time Hight and Todd have faced each other in eliminations. A good looking drag race and Hight gets the win by about a car length.

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.248, 660ft-3.156/282.72 mph.
J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.277, 660ft-3.206/278.63 mph.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 John Force                              5 Jack Beckman                 
E2                   0.036  4.134 273.39     ****WINNER****  0.052  3.897 329.18
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Worsham   ) 0.090  4.216 220.08      (M Hagan     ) 0.083  4.224 222.62
 Qualified:             #3  3.890 325.53                        #6  3.907 327.90

Beckman is 28 - 12 against Force in prior events.

Force dropped a cylinder and he was very close to the wall at 600 feet. Beckman makes a solid pass and he will have lane choice over Capps in round three. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.236, 660ft-3.154/282.07 mph.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                          6 Courtney Force               
E2                   0.077  4.146 260.16     ****WINNER****  0.106  3.947 294.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.141  3.927 327.03      (J Diehl     ) 0.092  5.344 132.02
 Qualified:             #9  3.946 322.34                        #1  3.851 330.23

Force is 10 - 7 against DeJoria in prior events.

DeJoria was mixing up the cylinders on the top half of the track. Force also had engine problems but they started farther down the track. Force will give lane choice to Hight in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink