Sun, 19 May 2019, 14:35 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  801 Jonnie Lindberg                         9 John Force                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.116  4.157 269.94                     0.074 10.790  77.43
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.084  4.088 314.39      (J Diehl     ) 0.119  4.004 317.64
 Qualified:             #8  4.001 322.04                        #1  3.899 321.88

Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.76 inches, adjusted altitude 3,230 feet, track temperature 140 degrees.

Force with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and clicked it off.

Lindberg was on a good pass until on the top end when it started to haze the tires and he pedaled it and gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Robert Hight                           28 Ron Capps                    
E2                   0.092  6.204 270.75     ****WINNER****  0.067  6.173 251.11
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.061  4.013 316.97      (J Campbell  ) 0.081  3.997 313.58
 Qualified:             #6  3.967 326.32                        #3  3.927 321.50

Hight is 35 - 32 against Capps in prior events.

Capps with the starting line advantage...they both both start to smoke the tires around the same time. They both pedal a couple times before getting the cars to hook up. They both have a bunch of cylinders out all the way down track. Capps is able to get the win. Ron Capps' MOV: 0.0563 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

After the finish line Capps crossed the centerline, but before the 1320 so that will cost him five points.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jack Beckman                            3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E2                   0.077  8.238 102.56     ****WINNER****  0.087  5.356 212.03
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Hagan     ) 0.093  4.649 251.44      (T Haddock   ) 0.095  4.027 316.52
 Qualified:            #10  4.005 320.28                        #2  3.922 323.58

Beckman is 24 - 12 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Beckman with the starting line advantage, but Johnson Jr. had the difference made up before the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win.

They both started to smoke the tires around 150 feet. They both pedal them...Johnson Jr. gets it to hook up after one pedal and gets the win. Beckman pedaled it a couple times and never got it to hook up.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 J.R. Todd                             333 Shawn Langdon                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.064  4.044 310.41                     0.052  4.081 312.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.060  4.074 306.95      (T Wilkerson ) 0.085  4.039 310.27
 Qualified:             #4  3.961 318.47                        #5  3.964 316.45

Todd is 9 - 7 against Langdon in prior events.

Langdon with the starting line advantage, but Todd has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. J.R. Todd's MOV: 0.0253 seconds (approximately 12 feet). Todd will have lane choice over Lindberg in the semifinal.

Langdon with the second quickest pass of the round, but is going home.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink