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Sun, 16 May 2021, 15:01 PM

Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 2 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  0.090   3.929 320.13
  2.     71   3  Cruz Pedregon, '20 Charger           6  0.094   3.971 319.52
  3.      1   2  Matt Hagan, '21 Charger             11  0.055   4.036 307.51
  4.      5   1  Bob Tasca III, '19 Mustang           7  0.091   4.559 189.84

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 30.20 inches, adjusted altitude 1,892 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.
Tasca III is second off the line and then starts to smoke the tires and his win streak comes to an end.
Hagan is first off the line and slows on the tope end, he will finish third.
Pedregon is last off the line, but will finish second in this quad.
DeJoria is second off the line and runs low E.T. of this quad for the win.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. Alexis DeJoria was 0.0467 sec./about 22 feet ahead of 2. Cruz Pedregon, who was 0.026 sec./about 12 feet ahead of 3. Matt Hagan, who was 0.559 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Bob Tasca III
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: 0.036 0.061 0.076 0.210/071 0.631/130 Matt Hagan Lane 2: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.035/019 0.072/013 Cruz Pedregon Lane 3: 0.039 0.032 0.032 0.041/008 0.046/001 Alexis DeJoria Lane 4: 0.035 0.042 0.020 0.000/000 0.000/000

 Order Car# Lane  Driver         Car                Qual  RT       ET   Speed
  1.    723   4  John Force, '20 Camaro               1  0.103   3.897 330.31
  2.    373   2  J.R. Todd, '21 Camry                 4  0.081   3.977 321.73
  3.    324   1  Mike McIntire, '17 Camry             8  0.088   4.027 316.52
  4.    121   3  Terry Haddock, '18 Mustang          13  NT-Broke Before Staging

McIntire is second off the line and makes a good pass, but will not advance.
Todd is first off the line and is straight down the groove to finish second.
Haddock with problems after the burnout and he is shut off.
Force is last off the line and launched hard. He kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make the quickest pass of the weekend for the win.
force will have lane choice, DeJoria will get to pick second, Pedregon will have third choice and Todd will go where they put him.
Finish Order & Margins: 1. John Force was 0.0587 sec./about 28 feet ahead of 2. J.R. Todd, who was 0.057 sec./about 26 feet ahead of 3. Mike McIntire, who was Green ahead of 4. Terry Haddock who was Broke
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: 0.007 0.014 0.051 0.087/011 0.115/014 J.R. Todd Lane 2: 0.000 0.000 0.027 0.043/006 0.058/009 Terry Haddock Lane 3: Broke John Force Lane 4: 0.022 0.008 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/000

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink