Mon, 09 Mar 2020, 00:25 AM Nostalgia Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Nostalgia Funny Car at the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, 62nd annual Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7001 Matt Melendez                         776 Bobby Cottrell               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.124  5.756 244.74                     0.097  7.053 135.51
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Konno     ) 0.129  5.713 241.93      (J Arend     ) 0.051  5.662 246.93
E1    (D Horan     ) 0.200  5.709 245.27      (T Jurado    ) 0.101  5.894 249.12
 Qualified:            #16  5.832 237.09                        #4  5.626 258.32

Cottrell with the starting line advantage, but has problems early and Melendez gets the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  707 Matt Bynum                            616 Ryan Hodgson                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.168  5.621 261.83                     0.094  5.909 236.75
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Espeseth  ) 0.155  5.584 252.05      (B Morris    ) 0.136  5.654 258.57
E1    (J Day       ) 0.160  5.587 260.97      (J Taylor    ) 0.073  5.827 250.51
 Qualified:             #3  5.575 261.98                        #7  5.715 245.40

Hodgson with the starting line advantage, but Bynum chases him down for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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