Sun, 01 Nov 2020, 16:30 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                             373 J.R. Todd                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.082  3.953 325.45                     0.078  4.075 297.94
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Morel     ) 0.097  6.031 109.69      (T Wilkerson ) 0.072  4.429 239.31
 Qualified:             #1  3.902 327.98                        #9  3.975 326.24

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 5 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, track temperature 102 degrees.

Capps is 10 - 5 against Todd in prior events.

Todd with slight starting line advantage, but Capps had the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                       771 Alexis DeJoria               
E2                   0.080  3.986 316.75     ****WINNER****  0.105  3.930 321.73
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Densham   ) 0.150  4.934 135.41      (T Haddock   ) 0.078  3.982 309.91
 Qualified:             #6  3.929 321.50                        #3  3.915 322.42

DeJoria is 2 - 0 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander and his team get out another body and put the car back together to make the call. Alexander with the starting line advantage, but DeJoria has the lead by330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Alexis DeJoria's MOV: 0.0314 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   33 Tommy Johnson Jr.                       5 Bob Tasca III                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.074  3.939 323.81                     0.066  3.960 324.12
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.090  3.942 323.74      (D Richards  ) 0.088  3.916 328.14
 Qualified:             #4  3.915 319.14                        #5  3.929 325.92

Johnson Jr. is 10 - 1 against Tasca III in prior events.

Tasca with the slight starting line advantage, but Johnson Jr. had the lead by 330 feet and never trailed for the win. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s MOV: 0.0133 seconds (approximately 6 feet). He will have lane choice over Capps in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  116 Paul Lee                             2814 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.081  4.181 258.57     ****WINNER****  0.092  3.934 321.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Beckman   ) 0.079  3.933 327.82      (C Pedregon  ) 0.067  3.901 328.38
 Qualified:             #7  3.933 327.66                        #2  3.911 327.82

Hagan is 8 - 0 against Lee in prior events.

Lee with the starting line advantage, but Hagan had the lead by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. He will give up lane choice to DeJoria by 0.004 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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