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Sun, 16 May 2021, 13:01 PM

Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide Nationals:

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.    771   4  Alexis DeJoria, '21 Camry            2  0.107   3.903 325.45
  2.      5   1  Bob Tasca III, '19 Mustang           7  0.084   3.955 329.50
  3.   7000   2  Robert Hight, '21 Camaro            15  0.080   4.351 271.13
  4.    256   3  Blake Alexander, '19 Mustang        10  0.110   9.579  71.56

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 30.25 inches, adjusted altitude 1,727 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.
DeJoria, Hight, Tasca & Alexander is the the only FC quad where every driver has won at least 1 race.
Tasca is second off the starting line and second to the finish line to advance to the next round.
This is the lowest starting spot for Robert Hight in his last 53 races.
Hight his first off the line starts to lose traction on the top end.
Alexander is last off the line and lose traction early and clicks it off.
DeJoria is third off the line and wins this quad.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Alexis DeJoria was 0.0295 sec./about 14 feet ahead of 2. Bob Tasca III, who was 0.392 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 3. Robert Hight, who was 5.258 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Blake Alexander
Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish Bob Tasca III Lane 1: 0.004 0.024 0.021 0.034/001 0.029/000 Robert Hight Lane 2: 0.000 0.000 0.104 0.310/042 0.421/058 Blake Alexander Lane 3: 0.030 0.085 1.164 3.226/208 5.679/258 Alexis DeJoria Lane 4: 0.027 0.035 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/004

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.    723   4  John Force, '20 Camaro               1  0.097   3.926 329.10
  2.    324   1  Mike McIntire, '17 Camry             8  0.087   4.018 317.19
  3.    139   2  Dave Richards, '18 Mustang           9  0.131   4.146 261.78
  4.    302   3  Dale Creasy Jr., '18 Charger        16  0.087  12.453  44.17

This (#8) is the best starting spot for Mike McIntire.
McIntire and Creasy Jr. have identical reaction times and wer first off the line. McIntire makes his quickest pass of the weekend to finish second in the quad and advance. This is his first round win.
Richards was last off the line and slowed on the top end and finished third in this quad.
The #16 FC qualifier has advanced to rd. 2 at 4 of the 10 races here.
Creasy Jr is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
John Force wins 37% of his races when starting from the #1 spot.
John Force is the only driver in his quad who has won a race!
Force is third off the line and wins this quad.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. John Force was 0.0823 sec./about 38 feet ahead of 2. Mike McIntire, who was 0.172 sec./about 66 feet ahead of 3. Dave Richards, who was 8.263 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Dale Creasy Jr. Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish Mike McIntire Lane 1: 0.000 0.000 0.024 0.056/011 0.082/012 Dave Richards Lane 2: 0.044 0.066 0.077 0.140/022 0.254/067 Dale Creasy Jr. Lane 3: 0.000 0.069 1.587 4.541/227 8.517/285 John Force Lane 4: 0.010 0.002 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/000

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.      1   2  Matt Hagan, '21 Charger             11  0.095   3.936 325.06
  2.     71   1  Cruz Pedregon, '20 Charger           6  0.000   4.032 323.74
  3.     28   4  Ron Capps, '21 Charger               3  0.067   3.991 273.88
  4.     13   3  Cory Lee, '19 Mustang               14  0.104   4.392 251.58

Cruz Pedregon started 6th here in 2018 and went on to win the event.
Pedregon with a perfect light and gets second place on a hole shot over Capps. He will advance to the next round.
Matt Hagan is 4 - 12 in rd. 1 after qualifying 11th.
Hagan is third off the line, but runs his quickest pass of the weekend to win this quad.
Cory Lee is the only driver in his quad who hasn't won a World Championship
Lee is last off the line and runs his quickest pass of the weekend, he finishes fourth in this quad.
Ron Capps has been to the final round 4 times at this event with one win (2017)
Capps is second off the line, but gets beat by Pedregon on a hole shot to finish third in the quad.
DeJoria will have lane choice, Hagan will get second pick, Tasca will get the third choice and Pedregon will go where they put him.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Matt Hagan was 0.0015 sec./about 9 inches ahead of 2. Cruz Pedregon, who was 0.026 sec./about 10 feet ahead of 3. Ron Capps, who was 0.438 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Cory Lee Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish Cruz Pedregon Lane 1: 0.000 0.000 0.021 0.046/003 0.001/001 Matt Hagan Lane 2: 0.095 0.041 0.042 0.055/000 0.000/000 Cory Lee Lane 3: 0.104 0.129 0.238 0.366/036 0.465/073 Ron Capps Lane 4: 0.067 0.011 0.000 0.000/007 0.027/051

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.    373   4  J.R. Todd, '21 Camry                 4  0.063   3.952 325.53
  2.    121   3  Terry Haddock, '18 Mustang          13  0.133   4.095 305.63
  3.    703   1  Jim Campbell, '21 Charger           12  0.089   4.194 303.16
  4.      7   2  Tim Wilkerson, '20 Mustang           5  0.123   4.397 220.37

Campbell is second off the line, but finishes third in this quad.
Wilkerson is third off the line and then starts to smoke the tires and make a move toward the wall before he clicks it off.
Haddock is last off the line, but makes his quickest pass of the weekend to finish second in this quad.
J.R. Todd wins 66% of his first round races when he has lane choice.
Todd with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.
Force will have lane choice, todd will have the second choice, McIntire with get the third pick and Haddock will go where they put him.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. J.R. Todd was 0.2133 sec./about 96 feet ahead of 2. Terry Haddock, who was 0.055 sec./about 24 feet ahead of 3. Jim Campbell, who was 0.237 sec./about 77 feet ahead of 4. Tim Wilkerson
Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish Jim Campbell Lane 1: 0.026 0.079 0.140 0.207/021 0.268/022 Tim Wilkerson Lane 2: 0.060 0.064 0.068 0.234/057 0.505/105 Terry Haddock Lane 3: 0.070 0.103 0.127 0.167/015 0.213/020 J.R. Todd Lane 4: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/000

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink