Sun, 02 May 2021, 14:00 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Matt Hagan                              7 Tim Wilkerson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  3.947 324.75                     0.078  3.985 319.22
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Hight     ) 0.083  3.991 307.65      (T Haddock   ) 0.143  3.963 320.58
 Qualified:             #3  4.001 314.02                        #6  4.026 316.30

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 2,442 feet.

Hagan is 23 - 10 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Matt Hagan's MOV: 0.0618 seconds (approximately 29 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  723 John Force                             28 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.061  4.028 315.19                     0.062  4.042 313.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.056  4.049 319.14      (J Campbell  ) 0.095  4.316 214.86
 Qualified:            #11  4.995 159.31                        #5  4.006 313.73

Force is 63 - 42 against Capps in prior events.

Force with a tick advantage on the tree, but Capps has the lead as they go by the Christmas tree, but they both start to get lose on the top end. Force has the lead at an eighth mile and takes the win. John Force's MOV: 0.0156 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                         5 Bob Tasca III                
E2                   0.089  4.016 308.99     ****WINNER****  0.073  4.014 326.32
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.064  4.070 278.40      (P Lee       ) 0.124  4.224 309.13
 Qualified:             #7  4.047 276.35                        #2  3.999 320.81

Tasca III is 7 - 2 against Alexander in prior events.

Tasca with the starting line advantage, but Alexander has the lead by 330 feet. Alexander starts to lose traction on the top end and Tasca drives back around him for the win. Bob Tasca III's MOV: 0.0184 seconds (approximately 8 feet). He will give up lane choice to Hagan in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                                  Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.090  3.991 324.36     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A DeJoria   ) 0.141  4.003 321.73   
 Qualified:             #1  3.982 325.69                     Bye

Todd with the by bye...he launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the third quickest pass of the session. He will have lane choice over Force in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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