Sun, 29 Sep 2019, 16:12 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 J.R. Todd                               2 Robert Hight                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.067  3.979 325.37                     0.078 12.733  62.18
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Force     ) 0.067  3.986 326.56      (R Capps     ) 0.058  3.988 323.27
E1    (J Beckman   ) 0.084  3.954 327.27      (B Bode      ) 0.063  3.921 331.85
 Qualified:             #8  3.890 333.58                        #4  3.877 334.90

3:03 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 94 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 3,620 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Hight is 7 - 5 against Todd in prior events.

Todd gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Hight hits the throttle, goes up in smoke and gives up on the run quickly. Todd goes down the track with a clean pass to take the win and move on to the final round.

Tod is going to his 33rd career final round, fourth this year.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  333 Shawn Langdon                          77 Bob Tasca III                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.080  3.953 323.50                     0.065  3.976 323.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Campbell  ) 0.086  5.875 253.52      (T Wilkerson ) 0.081  3.947 321.19
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.047  3.907 330.47      (C Pedregon  ) 0.079  3.920 328.22
 Qualified:            #10  3.905 330.72                        #3  3.855 327.51

Tasca gets out of the gate first but Langdon reels him in by the time they reach the sixty foot mark. Langdon starts to slowly pull away and takes the stripe for the win.

Shawn Langdon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

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

Langdon is going to his 33rd career final round, his third this year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink