Sun, 02 Oct 2022, 17:16 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, 11th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Ron Capps                               8 Robert Hight                 
E4                   0.059  3.908 330.47     ****WINNER****  0.041  3.911 331.61
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Force     ) 0.078  3.884 332.02      (M Hagan     ) 0.079  3.913 327.59
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.066  3.927 328.30      (T Wilkerson ) 0.100  3.903 330.72
E1    (D Wilkerson ) 0.062  3.938 328.86                     0.079  4.076 238.60
 Qualified:             #3  3.863 331.94                        #1  3.853 336.32

4:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 1,570 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Capps is 4-2 in finals this year, 72-65 in his career. Hight is 7-3 this year, 60-34 in his career.

Hight is 42 - 37 against Capps in prior events and Hight is 8 - 3 against Capps in prior final rounds.

Hight gets out of the gate first but Capps starts reeling him in quickly. Capps starts moving around late in the run, starts losing ground, and can't quite catch Hight.

Robert Hight's incremental margins: 60ft(0.024), 330 ft(0.004), 660ft(0.012). MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Hight gets his 61st career victory.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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