Sun, 10 Mar 2024, 13:01 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Bob Tasca III                         771 Alexis DeJoria               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.069  3.886 337.41                     0.097  3.963 329.42
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Hull      ) 0.089  4.450 290.01      (P Lee       ) 0.094  3.955 327.19
 Qualified:             #2  3.829 337.75                        #7  3.900 327.74

12:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 30.02 inches, adjusted altitude 642 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Tasca III is 10 - 6 against DeJoria in prior events.

Tasca gets the advantage off of the line and goes down the groove with a good run. DeJoria wasw a little behind off of the line and lost ground all the way through the run.

Bob Tasca III's incremental margins: 60ft(0.032), 330 ft(0.069), 660ft(0.087). MOV: 0.1056 seconds (approximately 51 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Chad Green                             14 Matt Hagan                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.076  3.968 323.50                     0.074  9.794 123.26
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.068  4.018 325.37      (D Wilkerson ) 0.105  3.869 329.58
 Qualified:             #5  3.887 329.26                        #4  3.883 331.20

Hagan is 6 - 2 against Green in prior events.

Hagan hit the throttle and went up in smoke. Green went right down the groove, improving on his first round time and takes the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 J.R. Todd                               4 Ron Capps                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.020  9.107  84.72                    -0.037  4.185 249.39
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Alexander ) 0.048  4.203 221.92      (J Campbell  ) 0.092  3.870 332.18
 Qualified:             #6  3.897 324.90                        #3  3.871 333.00

Capps is 16 - 9 against Todd in prior events.

They both stage, Todd double steps the throttle, and Capps reacts a little too quickly and goes red giving the win to Todd. Todd had traction problems right off of the line and was off of the throttle early.

Tasca will have lane choice over Todd in the next round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  374 Austin Prock                            7 John Force                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.064  3.899 332.43                     0.082  3.913 328.46
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Smith     ) 0.057  4.357 293.92      (C Pedregon  ) 0.067  4.260 225.18
 Qualified:             #1  3.820 334.65                        #9  3.920 324.67

Prock gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Force stays close but Prock pulls away after they pass the 660 foot mark and takes the stripe for the win.

Austin Prock's incremental margins: 60ft(0.025), 330 ft(0.025), 660ft(0.024). MOV: 0.0329 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

Prock will have lane choice over Green in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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