Sun, 25 Oct 2020, 16:04 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Tommy Johnson Jr.                    2814 Matt Hagan                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.058  3.941 321.96                     0.040  3.981 321.12
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.057  3.934 327.51      (B Alexander ) 0.092  3.914 328.78
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.089  6.373 110.91      (D Richards  ) 0.073  4.286 301.00
 Qualified:             #6  3.973 317.94                        #2  3.907 327.74

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 74 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 2,029 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Hagan is 19 - 15 against Johnson Jr. in prior events.

Matt Hagan is 4 - 3 against Tommy Johnson in semi-final races.

Hagan with the starting line advantage, but Johnson has the lead at 330 feet and never trails from there on for the win. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s MOV: 0.0227 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                             771 Alexis DeJoria               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.103  4.160 247.38                     0.087  5.175 142.10
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.073  3.962 326.87      (B Tasca III ) 0.138  3.912 323.19
E1    (J Beckman   ) 0.055  4.158 320.51      (T Wilkerson ) 0.153  3.874 330.39
 Qualified:            #16  5.295 136.44                        #5  3.958 308.21

#16 FC qualifiers are 14 - 27 in semi-final matches. In the history of the FC class the #16 FC qualifier has won 4 races, including here in 2000 (by Bob Gilbertson). The last #16 FC to win was Del Worsham in St. Louis in 2003.

Ron Capps is 17 - 4 against Alexis and those 17 losses are tied for the most by Alexis against any opponent (she has lost 17 to Beckman also)

DeJoria with the starting line advantage, but then starts to mix up cylinders and clicked it off around half track.

Capps chased her down around half track, but then started mixing up cylinders. He stayed with it and right in the lights the engine let go with a huge bang. It had a quick fireball and split the front of the body.

He will give up lane choice to Johnson Jr. in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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