Sun, 28 Oct 2018, 18:04 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, 18th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                               4 Jack Beckman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.060  3.906 327.11                     0.074  3.937 327.90
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.065  3.957 320.36      (C Force     ) 0.074  3.951 320.51
E1    (R Townsend  ) 0.079  3.935 321.27      (J Campbell  ) 0.053  3.935 326.24
 Qualified:             #2  3.911 327.19                        #3  3.922 327.19

2:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.87 inches, adjusted altitude 4,496 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Todd gets out of the gate first and goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win and add another 20 points to his lead over Hight. Beckman makes a good pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hagan                             77 Bob Tasca III                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.075  3.928 323.89                     0.053  3.952 319.29
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Johnson Jr) 0.084  3.919 326.08      (R Capps     ) 0.066  3.943 322.11
E1    (T Wilkerson ) 0.071  3.908 326.08      (J Lindberg  ) 0.057  3.969 317.79
 Qualified:             #9  3.949 322.65                        #4  3.924 321.65

Tasca III is 9 - 8 against Hagan in prior events.

Tasca gets the holeshot, stays in front to the 660 foot mark, then Tasca goes around him and pulls away for the win.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.010), 330 ft(0.007), 660ft(-0.001). MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 13 inches).

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

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink