Sun, 23 Feb 2020, 18:19 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual NHRA Arizona Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jack Beckman                           33 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E4                   0.030  6.156 119.31     ****WINNER****  0.065  3.883 326.40
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Force     ) 0.076  3.882 329.91      (R Capps     ) 0.079  3.871 319.98
E2    (J Campbell  ) 0.095  3.895 329.42      (B Tasca III ) 0.075  3.864 323.74
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.090  4.051 318.02      (P Lee       ) 0.058  3.878 325.85
 Qualified:             #6  3.889 329.42                        #4  3.868 323.81

4:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,518 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Beckman is 27 - 14 against Johnson Jr. in prior events and Beckman is 4 - 0 against Johnson Jr. in prior final rounds. Beckman was the winner at Pomona earlier this month and already has a 31-33 career win/runner-up record. Johnson has a career 19-33 record, wit a 17-30 Funny Car record.

Beckman gets a starting line advantage, but kicks the tires loose about 100 feet out. He pedals, but the car will not recover.

Johnson powers on down the track for the easy win. His first against Beckman.

Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.232, 660ft-3.142/284.15 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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