Sun, 04 Oct 2020, 17:43 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                       2814 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.121  8.043  87.47     ****WINNER****  0.102  3.935 328.62
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.086  3.918 322.96      (R Capps     ) 0.080  4.085 249.58
E1    (D Creasy    ) 0.105  3.907 329.50      (B Bode      ) 0.094  3.959 319.98
 Qualified:             #2  3.929 288.21                        #6  5.105 148.15

Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.26 inches, adjusted altitude 288 feet, track temperature 82 degrees.

Hagan is 10 - 5 against DeJoria in prior events.

DeJoria goes in and lights up the pre-stage and stage bulbs. Hagan goes in and has a starting line advantage. He never trails for the win as DeJoria rattles the tires early and clicks it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jack Beckman                           33 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3                   0.083  3.903 330.80     ****WINNER****  0.068  3.896 327.98
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Wilkerson ) 0.089  3.890 329.50      (P Lee       ) 0.078  3.943 324.51
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.084  3.885 332.10      (T Haddock   ) 0.084  3.919 324.05
 Qualified:             #5  4.750 185.03                        #8  7.220 118.97

Beckman is 28 - 15 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Johnson Jr. with the starting line advantage and is straight down the groove for the win. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s MOV: 0.0224 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

He will have lane choice over Hagan in the final.

Beckman with a great pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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