Mon, 14 Oct 2019, 15:34 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of final, round 4 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
    2 Robert Hight                            7 Jack Beckman                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.049  3.917 329.02                    -0.080  4.911 158.07
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Hagan     ) 0.078  3.912 328.78      (R Capps     ) 0.071  3.957 324.44
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.077  3.929 324.67      (T Johnson Jr) 0.077  3.932 323.27
E1    (M McIntire J) 0.070  3.908 324.44      (D Creasy    ) 0.093  3.864 329.99
 Qualified:             #2  3.878 334.07                        #1  3.873 334.07

Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.34 inches, adjusted altitude 2,579 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Hight is 25 - 19 against Beckman in prior events and Hight is 9 - 3 against Beckman in prior final rounds.

Beckman goes red to give Hight the win. Hight wins his sixth Wally this season and the 51st of his career. Hight wins his 500th round of eliminations.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink