Sun, 18 Oct 2020, 18:05 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Jack Beckman                         2814 Matt Hagan                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.070  3.908 328.46                     0.069  3.943 324.20
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Tasca III ) 0.101  3.903 329.34      (R Capps     ) 0.062  3.907 326.08
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.094  3.908 327.35      (J Todd      ) 0.055  3.928 326.63
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.081  3.933 326.16      (T Simpson   ) 0.082  3.885 330.63
 Qualified:             #6  3.917 328.70                        #1  3.860 328.54

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.29 inches, adjusted altitude 3,568 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Hagan is 28 - 24 against Beckman in prior events and Hagan is 4 - 2 against Beckman in prior final rounds.

Hagan with a tick advantage on the tree, but Beckman had the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Jack Beckman's MOV: 0.0341 seconds (approximately 16 feet). He wins his third Wally this year and 33rd of his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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