Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 19:02 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
   14 Matt Hagan                              5 John Force                   
E4   ****WINNER****  0.062  3.883 332.25                     0.054  6.818  94.02
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Wikkerson ) 0.056  3.875 328.85      (J Todd      ) 0.050  4.711 288.31
E2    (T Haddock   ) 0.073  3.868 331.30      (C Pedregon  ) 0.102  3.845 327.68
E1    (P Lee       ) 0.067  3.895 318.88      (J Diehl     ) 0.113  3.839 331.74
 Qualified:             #5  3.848 319.24                        #2  3.823 328.56

5:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,074 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Force is 28 - 21 against Hagan in prior events and Hagan is 5 - 3 against Force in prior final rounds.

Force gets off of the line first but Hagan pulls even at the sixty foot mark. Force gets about 250 feet out and strikes the tires. The rear of Force's car swings back and forth and he has to give up on the run. Hagan goes down the groove with a clean pass and takes his 49th career win, the sixth of the year.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink