Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 17:14 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 37th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Robert Hight                          116 Paul Lee                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075  3.901 326.73                     0.070  3.968 327.15
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Wyatt     ) 0.096  3.884 330.76      (J Todd      ) 0.077  3.980 296.36
 Qualified:             #2  3.854 333.43                       #10  3.947 327.15

Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,426 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Hight is 6 - 2 against Lee in prior events.

Lee with a slight starting line advantage, but Hight chases him down for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bob Tasca III                         256 Blake Alexander              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.086  3.861 328.68                     0.055  6.112 115.68
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.076  3.856 330.44      (A DeJoria   ) 0.105  3.924 324.61
 Qualified:             #4  3.879 328.66                        #5  3.905 319.24

Tasca III is 12 - 2 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander with the starting line advantage, but starts to lose traction. Tasca III with a great pass for the win

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                              9 Tim Wilkerson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.052  3.883 335.12                     0.072  3.938 329.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.077  3.875 326.56      (C Green     ) 0.102  3.967 271.99
 Qualified:             #1  3.825 334.85                        #8  3.920 329.09

Hagan is 26 - 11 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and the win. He will give up lane choice to Tasca III in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 John Force                              1 Ron Capps                    
E2                   0.003  4.045 293.79     ****WINNER****  0.069  3.885 336.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.050  3.925 331.66      (J Diehl     ) 0.067  3.889 330.88
 Qualified:             #6  3.907 331.93                        #3  3.865 335.40

Force is 68 - 52 against Capps in prior events.

Force with a near perfect light, but Capps has the lead early and takes the win. He will have lane choice over Hight in the semifinal.

Force started to lose traction.

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