Sun, 29 Oct 2017, 17:39 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Matt Hagan                              5 Jack Beckman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.075  3.967 329.42                     0.069  7.223 103.32
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Worsham   ) 0.077  3.952 326.79      (T Johnson Jr) 0.073  3.947 328.54
E1    (G Densham   ) 0.073  3.915 328.78      (J Campbell  ) 0.066  3.918 330.15
 Qualified:             #4  3.882 330.15                        #1  3.854 335.57

2:32 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.72 inches, adjusted altitude 4,645 feet, track temperature 117 degrees.

Hagan and Beckman have each won 19 times against the other in prior events.

Beckman gets a little advantage off the line but goes up in smoke before he gets 20 feet out. He pedals it once to try and recover but Hagan was way out in front by that point. Hagan goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Courtney Force                          8 Robert Hight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.072  3.928 331.36                     0.069 10.402  83.40
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Dejoria   ) 0.093  3.933 330.15      (J Force     ) 0.082  3.934 328.38
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.095  6.044 152.85      (T Wilkerson ) 0.062  3.922 327.98
 Qualified:             #2  3.878 331.77                        #3  3.880 329.99

Hight is 14 - 9 against Force in prior events.

Hight hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Force goes right down the groove with a good pass to pull away for the win.

Hight loses but will leave this race with a 15 point lead.

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

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink