Sun, 29 Sep 2019, 17:23 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 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
  333 Shawn Langdon                           1 J.R. Todd                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.072  4.068 310.41                     0.077  4.276 223.32
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Tasca III ) 0.080  3.953 323.50      (R Hight     ) 0.067  3.979 325.37
E2    (J Campbell  ) 0.086  5.875 253.52      (J Force     ) 0.067  3.986 326.56
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.047  3.907 330.47      (J Beckman   ) 0.084  3.954 327.27
 Qualified:            #10  3.905 330.72                        #8  3.890 333.58

4:14 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 94 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 3,620 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Todd is 10 - 7 against Langdon in prior events and each has won 1 times against the other in final rounds.

Toss and Langdon each have one win this year, both at four-wide events. Langdon in Charlotte, Todd in Las Vegas.

Not much difference off the line, Langdon with a small advantage. Todd gets in front about 300 feet out, then strikes the tires, the car makes a move toward the centerline, and he has to back off the throttle. Langdon goes right down the groove with a clean, straight pass to take the win.

Shawn Langdon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.003), 330 ft(-0.016), 660ft(0.001). MOV: 0.2132 seconds (approximately 70 feet).

This is Langdon's second win in Funny Car, both this year, and he has a total of 16 career wins.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink