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Sun, 01 Oct 2023, 17:00 PM

Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NHRA Midwest Nationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Bob Tasca III                          14 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.063  5.037 165.27     ****WINNER****  0.062  4.016 316.38
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.018  4.008 323.74      (J Force     ) 0.091  4.031 312.35
E1    (J Wyatt     ) 0.078  3.947 312.13      (A DeJoria   ) 0.086  3.961 322.04
 Qualified:             #1  3.852 324.90                        #5  3.927 326.40

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,441 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.
Hagan is 27 - 17 against Tasca III in prior events.
Hagan with a tick advantage on the tree and the win. He was straight down the groove.

Tasca III started to lose traction and pedaled it, but couldn't get it to hook up. Hagan is advancing to his seventh final this season and 86th career final.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                         1 Ron Capps                    
E3                   0.077  4.803 176.28     ****WINNER****  0.088  4.014 323.35
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.084  6.689 164.13      (A Laughlin  ) 0.068  4.066 308.78
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.084  4.252 229.20      (T Wilkerson ) 0.075  3.998 306.12
 Qualified:             #3  3.888 326.79                        #7  3.952 324.90

Capps is 9 - 2 against Alexander in prior events.

alexander with the staring line advantage, but started to to smoke the tires and clicked it off. Capps has the lead by 3200 feet and takes the win. He is straight down the groove for the win. He will have lane choice over Hagan by 0.002 seconds in the final. He is advancing to his seventh final this season and 147th career final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink