Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 14:12 PM Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Bob Tasca III 34 Jack Wyatt
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.081 4.248 239.34 0.137 4.840 167.70
Qualified: #1 3.822 335.55 #16 4.233 261.02
12:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 30.26
inches, adjusted altitude 844 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.Bob Tasca has qualified #1 15 times and won the race twice (He has been #1 6 times this year without a win).
The last time the #16 FC qualifier won a round at this race was 1990. Jack Wyatt is making his making his 42nd start and his 3rd this year (Wyatt lost to Tasca in Rd. 1 in St. Louis).
Tasca III is 3 - 0 against Wyatt in prior events.
Tasca gets out of
the gate first, gets about 400 feet out and strikes the tires. Wyatt starts making up ground, gets about 500
feet out and the car noses over, not sure why. Tasca pedals and goes on through for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Robert Hight 121 Terry Haddock
E1 0.088 4.273 288.68 ****WINNER**** 0.038 4.266 298.73
Qualified: #3 3.832 327.75 #14 4.012 311.66
Robert Hight wins 77% of his Rd. 1 when he has lane choice.Terry Haddock is 2 - 10 overall against Hight but 1 - 0 against him this year.
Haddock gets the holeshot but Hight starts making up ground quickly. Hight continues to pull away, then he puffs the tires about 400 feet out. Haddock is able to get back around Hight and hang on for the win.
Terry Haddock's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.112), 330
ft(-0.163), 660ft(0.002).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 John Force 717 Jeff Diehl
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.113 3.839 331.74 0.087 10.318 89.19
Qualified: #2 3.823 328.56 #15 4.015 309.32
John Force wins 80% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice.The last time the #15 FC qualifier won a round at this event was 2007.
Jeff Diehl is making his 89th start and his 3rd this year.
Force is 10 - 0 against Diehl in prior events.
Diehl leaves the line first but goes up in smoke before he gets 50 feet out. Force is back out in front before they reach the sixty foot mark and goes down the groove with a great run for the conditions to take the win.
John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.220,
660ft-3.110/290.98 mph.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Ron Capps 40 Alex Laughlin
E1 0.078 8.428 85.81 ****WINNER**** 0.056 4.237 275.21
Qualified: #4 3.844 330.91 #13 3.988 315.10
Ron Capps is 15 - 3 in Rd. 1 this year. Alex Laughlin has won 6 rounds this year and 3 of them have been in the last 2 races.
Capps is 3 - 0 against Laughlin in prior events.
Laughlin gets out of the gate
first and starts pulling away. Capps hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Capps stays on the throttle for
about 20 feet and then has to give up on the run. Laughlin's car starts moving around and drifts toward the
centerline. He gets about 700 feet out, loses a cylinder, and the car pushes back to the right. He goes on
through and takes the stripe for the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 14 Matt Hagan 116 Paul Lee E1 ****WINNER**** 0.067 3.895 318.88 0.064 5.014 148.91 Qualified: #5 3.848 319.24 #12 3.931 321.75Matt Hagan is 14 - 4 in Rd. 1 this year.
Paul Lee is 0 - 11 against Hagan, his worst record against any driver.
A coin flip off of the line, Hagan starts pulling away. Lee gets about 350 feet out, strikes the tires and has to give up on the run. Hagan goes right down the groove with a clean, straight pass to take the win.
Hagan will have lane choice over Laughlin in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 373 J.R. Todd 256 Blake Alexander E1 ****WINNER**** 0.053 3.882 327.11 0.067 4.164 237.60 Qualified: #6 3.857 330.32 #11 3.912 321.13J.R. Todd wins 66% of his Rd. 1 races when starting from the top half of the field.
In his last 6 starts Blake Alexander is 1 - 5 in Rd. 1.
Todd is 9 - 2 against Alexander in prior events.
Todd gets out of the gate first and extends his lead all the way through the run. Alexander was hanging with him for the first half of the run but gets about 700 feet out, puffs the tires and gives up on the run. Todd goes on through with the second quickest pass of the session to take the win.
Todd will have lane choice over
Haddock in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 473 Chad Green 6 Cruz Pedregon E1 0.049 3.939 326.87 ****WINNER**** 0.040 3.935 332.10 Qualified: #7 3.861 332.37 #10 3.881 327.61Chad Green's last 7 races have included 5 Rd. 1 losses and 2 runner-up finishes.
Cruz Pedregon is 3 - 3 against Green overall but 0 - 3 against him this year.
A good side-by-side here, both down the groove under power all the way through the lights. Pedregon gets out in front early, Green takes the lead at the sixty foot mark, then Pedregon gets back around him before they reach the 660 foot mark and hangs on for the win.
Cruz Pedregon's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.007), 330 ft(-0.004), 660ft(0.006).
Force will
have lane choice over Pedregon in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Alexis DeJoria 9 Tim Wilkerson
E1 0.102 5.238 209.17 ****WINNER**** 0.079 4.416 202.42
Qualified: #8 3.876 330.03 #9 3.879 324.25
Alexis DeJoria is 7 - 6 against Wilkerson in Rd. 1 and 12 - 8 overall.For his career Tim Wilkerson is 279 - 271 in Rd. 1. He is 12 -6 in Rd. 1 this year.
Wilkerson gets the advantage off of the line. DeJoria gets about 300 feet out, has traction problems and has to back off of the throttle. Wilkerson has problems late in the run but hangs on for the win.
Tasca will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the next
round.
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