Sun, 19 May 2019, 17:42 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of final, round 4 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
    1 J.R. Todd                              28 Ron Capps                    
E4                   0.071 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.038  4.097 310.98
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Lindberg  ) 0.082  4.040 313.88      (T Johnson Jr) 0.063  4.212 301.94
E2    (S Langdon   ) 0.064  4.044 310.41      (R Hight     ) 0.067  6.173 251.11
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.060  4.074 306.95      (J Campbell  ) 0.081  3.997 313.58
 Qualified:             #4  3.961 318.47                        #3  3.927 321.50

Weather conditions: air temperature 94 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.71 inches, adjusted altitude 3,277 feet, track temperature 133 degrees.

Todd and Capps have each won 5 times against the other in prior events and each has won 1 times against the other in final rounds.

Capps with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Capps wins his 63rd over all Wally and 62nd in in Funny Car This is his second win this season. This is his first win at this track.

Todd was up in smoke right at the hit and appeared to bang it as the chutes came out. The car came to a stop around half track.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink