Sun, 24 Mar 2024, 17:30 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 64th annual NHRA Winternationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3095 Bobby Bode                              7 John Force                   
E2                   0.096  4.550 190.89     ****WINNER****  0.052  4.016 302.14
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.095  3.964 291.51      (J Campbell  ) 0.113  3.959 324.12
 Qualified:             #3  3.972 292.96                        #6  3.996 318.99

Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 1,476 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Force is 1 - 0 against Bode in prior events.

Force with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Force was trailing smoke across the finish line.

Bode started to haze the tires and was out of the groove when he clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 J.R. Todd                             116 Paul Lee                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.060  3.920 324.44                     0.079  3.910 326.08
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.061  4.278 216.17      (B Tasca III ) 0.089  3.902 321.73
 Qualified:            #13  4.207 223.80                        #5  3.992 321.42

Lee is 3 - 2 against Todd in prior events.

Todd with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win in a close one. J.R. Todd's MOV: 0.0094 seconds (approximately 4 feet). Todd with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  121 Terry Haddock                           4 Ron Capps                    
E2                   0.538  9.999   NS       ****WINNER****  0.083  3.935 328.46
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Green     ) 0.117  4.459 229.51      (A Prock     ) 0.081  3.891 328.86
 Qualified:             #7  3.999 308.50                        #2  3.893 326.71

Capps is 10 - 1 against Haddock in prior events.

Haddock with a strange burnout and then has he was staging the car it rolled the beams. Capps with a good clean pass on the single. He will have lane choice over Force in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  717 Jeff Diehl                             14 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.256 11.605  68.83     ****WINNER****  0.066  3.899 332.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Wilkerson ) 0.119  4.044 303.30      (B Hull      ) 0.067  3.909 329.67
 Qualified:             #9  4.050 306.81                        #1  3.893 330.15

Hagan is 6 - 1 against Diehl in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for thew win. He runs low E.T. of the round for the win. He will have lane choice over Todd in the semifinal.

Diehl is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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