Sun, 26 Sep 2021, 17:06 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Bob Tasca III                           1 Matt Hagan                   
E4                   0.059  3.967 329.99     ****WINNER****  0.047  3.933 333.49
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Force     ) 0.077  4.306 216.69      (C Pedregon  ) 0.086  3.922 328.30
E2    (B Bode      ) 0.072  3.959 330.88      (J Todd      ) 0.065  3.894 332.18
E1    (A DeJoria   ) 0.107  3.927 330.55                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #6  3.898 331.69                        #1  3.868 333.25

4:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 2,489 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Hagan is 19 - 13 against Tasca III in prior events and Hagan is 2 - 1 against Tasca III in prior final rounds.

Hagan gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Tasca makes a clean pass, straight pass but was falling behind all the way through the run. Hagan goes on through to take the win.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.013), 330 ft(0.031), 660ft(0.040). MOV: 0.0463 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

Hagan wins for the third time this year. He extends his points lead to 59.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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