Sun, 16 Oct 2022, 19:52 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
    1 Ron Capps                              14 Matt Hagan                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.035  3.911 327.18                     0.033  3.923 331.32
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hight     ) 0.036  3.897 332.84      (B Tasca III ) 0.015  3.891 338.02
E2    (J Force     ) 0.069  3.885 336.78      (T Wilkerson ) 0.052  3.883 335.12
E1    (J Diehl     ) 0.067  3.889 330.88      (T Haddock   ) 0.077  3.875 326.56
 Qualified:             #3  3.865 335.40                        #1  3.825 334.85

Capps is 37 - 33 against Hagan in prior events and each has won 5 times against the other in final rounds.

Hagan with couple ticks on the tree, but Capps has the lead by the time they by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win

Capps wins his 72nd Funny Car Wally and his fifth this season.

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