Sun, 13 Nov 2022, 18:37 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Alexis DeJoria                          4 Cruz Pedregon                
E3                   0.077  3.880 330.15     ****WINNER****  0.073  3.864 331.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Densham   ) 0.126  3.914 326.56      (J Force     ) 0.098  3.876 330.96
E1    (J Campbell  ) 0.161  4.014 266.32      (J Rupert    ) 0.082  3.862 333.74
 Qualified:             #6  3.862 333.00                        #2  3.840 322.58

3:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,675 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

DeJoria is 9 - 8 against Pedregon in prior events.

Pedregon ges a small 0.004 second head start and he makes his seventh three eighty pass of the weekend to just stay ahead of DeJoria in the lights by 10 feet.

DeJoria was right there from start to finish, but Pedregon was just too strong.

Cruz Pedregon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(0.008), 660ft(0.017). MOV: 0.0203 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.234, 660ft-3.143/282.24 mph.
Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.888 sec., 330ft-2.230, 660ft-3.130/284.27 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bob Tasca III                           1 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.059  3.905 327.11     ****WINNER****  0.059  3.865 334.65
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.060  4.262 224.96      (T Wilkerson ) 0.083  3.865 330.80
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.062  3.885 330.63      (J Arend     ) 0.088  3.852 334.98
 Qualified:             #5  3.856 322.65                        #1  3.837 337.33

Capps is 27 - 20 against Tasca III in prior events.

They leave with identical RT's and Tasca's early lead is done right before the 330 lights. They run right together until about the 660 foot lights, where Capps pulls further ahead for the close finish.

This puts Capps in the lead to repeat for the Funny Car Championship. He will have lane choice in the final round over Pedregon by just 0.001 seconds!

Ron Capps' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.008), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0403 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.247, 660ft-3.161/280.19 mph.
Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.884 sec., 330ft-2.238, 660ft-3.135/287.60 mph.

3:33 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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