Mon, 24 May 2021, 15:36 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7000 Robert Hight                           28 Ron Capps                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.046  3.916 327.19                     0.057  4.684 179.25
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Tasca III ) 0.055  3.909 328.78      (T Wilkerson ) 0.080  3.915 326.24
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.059  3.913 327.43      (M Hagan     ) 0.073  3.929 325.30
E1    (B Bode      ) 0.137  3.933 328.94      (P Lee       ) 0.093  3.894 327.51
 Qualified:             #5  3.954 324.05                        #3  3.941 315.42

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 100 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 1,947 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Hight is 36 - 33 against Capps in prior events and Hight is 6 - 2 against Capps in prior final rounds.

Hight with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Hight with a very consistent car today and takes home the win. This is his first Wally this year and the 52nd of his career.

Capps is up in smoke around 330 feet and clicks it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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