Sun, 19 Sep 2021, 14:50 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 13th annual DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                         71 Cruz Pedregon                
E3                   0.047 11.519  68.13     ****WINNER****  0.091  3.959 326.24
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Haddock   ) 0.071  3.960 318.32      (J Todd      ) 0.081  3.962 324.20
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.086  3.913 324.98      (D Richards  ) 0.104  3.903 325.77
 Qualified:             #7  3.907 328.62                        #3  3.879 323.58

2:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 3,030 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

DeJoria gets out of the gate first but has problems and is off of the throttle early. Pedregon goes down the groove with a good run to take the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               7 Tim Wilkerson                
E3                   0.067  3.939 319.07     ****WINNER****  0.059  3.909 315.42
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Hagan     ) 0.069  3.949 315.71      (J Force     ) 0.102  3.953 326.79
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.076  3.901 328.46      (B Tasca III ) 0.101  3.931 323.58
 Qualified:             #5  3.895 326.00                        #8  3.913 327.27

Capps is 46 - 21 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Wilkerson gets off the line first and starts to pull away. he continues to gain ground and stretches his lead out all the way through the run.

Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins: 60ft(0.007), 330 ft(0.031), 660ft(0.032). MOV: 0.0383 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Wilkerson will have lane choice over Pedregon in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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