Sun, 03 Nov 2019, 18:06 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jack Beckman                          801 Jonnie Lindberg              
E3                   0.084  3.915 330.07     ****WINNER****  0.055  3.930 325.30
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.047  3.907 325.92      (C Pedregon  ) 0.078  3.899 328.54
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.070  3.879 329.67      (J Todd      ) 0.083  3.893 326.00
 Qualified:             #1  3.835 331.94                       #13  3.943 325.45

2:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 27.82 inches, adjusted altitude 3,961 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Beckman is 3 - 1 against Lindberg in prior events.

Lindberg gets the holeshot, Beckman starts reeling him in, closes the gap all the way through the run but Lindberg hangs on and takes the holeshot win.

Jonnie Lindberg's incremental margins: 60ft(0.029), 330 ft(0.019), 660ft(0.019). MOV: 0.0146 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Lindberg is going to his fourth career final round, first this year.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2814 Matt Hagan                             77 Bob Tasca III                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057  3.881 331.77                     0.050  3.909 326.48
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Johnson Jr) 0.085  3.869 330.31      (J Force     ) 0.071  3.891 331.61
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.063  3.909 332.34      (R Capps     ) 0.068  3.911 329.83
 Qualified:             #7  3.872 332.34                        #6  3.862 332.02

Hagan is 15 - 10 against Tasca III in prior events.

Another good side-by-side, both right down the groove with good passes. Tasca gets a small holeshot but Hagan reels him in and goes around before they reach the sixty foot mark. Hagan continues to slowly pull away and takes the stripe for the win.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.013), 330 ft(0.013), 660ft(0.016). MOV: 0.0215 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Hagan is going to his 60th career final round, sixth this year.

Hagan will have lane choice over Lindberg in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink