Sun, 23 Apr 2017, 17:22 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
    8 Robert Hight                            1 Ron Capps                    
E4                   0.057 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.060  4.004 284.33
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Force     ) 0.088  3.908 324.98      (J Beckman   ) 0.057  3.926 325.37
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.093  3.898 327.82      (J Lindberg  ) 0.071  3.951 321.04
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.075  3.870 331.77      (T Simpson   ) 0.104  3.897 327.90
 Qualified:             #4  3.894 329.67                        #2  3.884 326.56

4:12 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,561 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Hight has 57 final round appearances, winning 37 of them. This is his first final round appearance this year. Capps has one runner-up finish this year and he has 49 Fuel Funny Car wins in his career. Hight is 30 - 23 against Capps in prior events and Hight is 3 - 1 against Capps in prior final rounds. Both drivers were dropping cylinders. Hight crossed the centerline and took out both finish line timing blocks. Capps had a pretty big engine explosion at the finish, but he got the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink