Sun, 12 Sep 2021, 14:58 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  373 J.R. Todd                              33 Tommy Johnson Jr.            
E3                   0.078  3.905 332.75     ****WINNER****  0.050  3.902 331.53
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.068  3.931 328.86      (R Capps     ) 0.050  3.892 332.02
E1    (A DeJoria   ) 0.057  3.919 332.75      (J Campbell  ) 0.083  3.892 333.58
 Qualified:             #7  3.916 330.31                        #4  3.895 333.82

Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 2,572 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.

Johnson Jr. is 8 - 7 against Todd in prior events.

Johnson Jr. with the starting line advantage and never trails for the win. This is a great drag race. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s MOV: 0.0314 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7000 Robert Hight                          723 John Force                   
E3                   0.084  3.909 329.42     ****WINNER****  0.056  3.909 329.10
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.080  3.880 332.92      (P Lee       ) 0.101  3.861 332.67
E1    (C Lee       ) 0.091  3.889 330.72      (T Wilkerson ) 0.059  3.875 334.65
 Qualified:             #2  3.883 330.39                       #12  4.096 256.84

Hight is 30 - 27 against Force in prior events.

Force with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. John Force's MOV: 0.0283 seconds (approximately 14 feet). He will give up lane choice to Johnson Jr. in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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