Mon, 11 Feb 2019, 17:01 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jack Beckman                            3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3   ****WINNER****  0.084  3.898 327.59                     0.056  5.216 144.83
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.079  3.875 331.94      (S Langdon   ) 0.076  3.876 326.87
E1    (P Burkhart J) 0.082  4.102 237.96      (T Wilkerson ) 0.076  4.193 288.33
 Qualified:             #2  3.900 330.23                        #3  3.904 327.03

1:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 1,501 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

DSR teammates in the first pair and JFR teammates in the second pair!

Beckman is 22 - 12 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Johnson gets away first and then shakes the tires hard.

Beckman drives right on by after 60 feet and then powers down to the finish line with ease into his 57th final round appearence.

Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.229, 660ft-3.152/279.56 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Robert Hight                            9 John Force                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.068  3.883 328.22                     0.059  3.930 321.42
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Tasca III ) 0.065  3.856 331.61      (R Capps     ) 0.081  3.900 323.19
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.090  4.076 246.57      (M Hagan     ) 0.082  3.890 333.74
 Qualified:             #1  3.871 329.67                       #13  4.101 330.23

Beckman's car was stuck on the end of the track and we had a brief delay. Back to racing.

Hight is 24 - 22 against Force in prior events.

Great drag race and Force get a small advantage at the green.

They both make strong passes, but Hight is out in front before 60 feet and slowly opens up a growing lead right to the finish line.

Hight takes the eighteen foot win and will have lane choice over Beckman in the final round.

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.225, 660ft-3.141/281.71 mph.
John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.894 sec., 330ft-2.265, 660ft-3.184/280.08 mph.

1:59 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink