Sun, 07 Oct 2018, 16:59 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                               1 Robert Hight                 
E4                   0.081  3.984 319.52     ****WINNER****  0.065  3.955 325.69
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Johnson Jr) 0.033  3.952 320.89      (B Tasca III ) 0.063  3.962 316.75
E2    (J Beckman   ) 0.071  3.991 318.69      (T Wilkerson ) 0.073  3.954 321.12
E1    (J Hale      ) 0.084  3.982 321.35      (J Campbell  ) 0.070  3.942 320.05
 Qualified:             #4  3.962 320.05                        #6  3.979 314.83

3:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 3,689 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

This is Todd's fifth final round this year and the seventh of his career in Funny Car.

This is Hight's seventh final this year and the 71st of his career.

Hight is 4 - 3 against Todd in prior events and Todd is 1 - 0 against Hight in prior final rounds.

Hight gets the advantage off the line and starts pulling away. Todd starts to make up a little ground past the 330 foot mark but Hight hangs on to take his fourth win this year, the 45th of his career, and the fourth time he has won this race.

Robert Hight's incremental margins: 60ft(0.014), 330 ft(0.041), 660ft(0.035). MOV: 0.0453 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink