Mon, 14 Oct 2019, 12:46 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Tim Wilkerson                           2 Robert Hight                 
E2                   0.102  3.923 324.28     ****WINNER****  0.077  3.929 324.67
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Langdon   ) 0.085  3.898 325.77      (M McIntire J) 0.070  3.908 324.44
 Qualified:             #7  3.945 318.99                        #2  3.878 334.07

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,316 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Hight is 29 - 21 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Hight with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. Robert Hight's MOV: 0.0192 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               9 John Force                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.069  3.908 329.58                     0.067  3.912 327.43
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.071  3.962 308.92      (J Todd      ) 0.043  3.933 331.77
 Qualified:             #4  3.882 330.55                        #5  3.890 331.45

Force is 63 - 41 against Capps in prior events.

Force with a couple ticks on the tree, but Capps has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trails from there on for the win in a close one. Ron Capps' MOV: 0.0027 seconds (approximately 16 inches).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jack Beckman                            3 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E2   ****WINNER****  0.077  3.932 323.27                     0.065  6.911 102.45
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Creasy    ) 0.093  3.864 329.99      (C Pedregon  ) 0.086  3.916 322.04
 Qualified:             #1  3.873 334.07                        #8  3.950 321.65

Beckman is 26 - 14 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Johnson Jr. with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke early and clicked it off. Beckman with a good looking pass until right in the lights when it banged it. He will give up lane choice to Capps in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   77 Bob Tasca III                        2814 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.097  3.915 328.86     ****WINNER****  0.062  3.922 331.53
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Lindberg  ) 0.067  3.891 326.87      (D Richards  ) 0.078  3.937 330.55
 Qualified:             #6  3.891 328.46                        #3  3.880 331.69

Hagan is 13 - 10 against Tasca III in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Matt Hagan's MOV: 0.0287 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

Hagan will have lane choice over Hight in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink