Sun, 04 Oct 2020, 18:59 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 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
 2814 Matt Hagan                             33 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E4                   0.058  3.886 333.00     ****WINNER****  0.047  3.884 326.08
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A DeJoria   ) 0.102  3.935 328.62      (J Beckman   ) 0.068  3.896 327.98
E2    (R Capps     ) 0.080  4.085 249.58      (P Lee       ) 0.078  3.943 324.51
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.094  3.959 319.98      (T Haddock   ) 0.084  3.919 324.05
 Qualified:             #6  5.105 148.15                        #8  7.220 118.97

Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 30.26 inches, track temperature 74 degrees.

Hagan is 19 - 14 against Johnson Jr. in prior events and Hagan is 3 - 2 against Johnson Jr. in prior final rounds.

Johnson Jr. with a slight starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s MOV: 0.0137 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Johnson with the quickest pass of the event for the win.

Hagan was right there with him and runs top speed of the event.

Johnson is still is third place, but only 34 points behind Hagan.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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