Sun, 19 May 2024, 14:48 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                         3 Bob Tasca III                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068  4.146 253.23                     0.089  7.494  86.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Green     ) 0.082  3.996 313.00      (D Richards  ) 0.098  3.980 327.11
 Qualified:             #7  3.953 314.75                        #2  3.913 329.91

Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,586 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Tasca III is 15 - 4 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Tasca was up in smoke and clicked it off.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                            116 Paul Lee                     
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  4.082 313.00                     0.071  4.106 290.51
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Capps     ) 0.055  4.087 297.09      (B Bode      ) 0.108  3.977 326.00
 Qualified:            #11  4.012 322.27                        #3  3.922 323.12

Hagan is 13 - 0 against Lee in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Alexander in the semifinal

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Daniel Wilkerson                      374 Austin Prock                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.091  4.086 314.39                     0.083  4.109 305.01
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.107  4.222 231.36      (J Wyatt     ) 0.090  3.975 324.67
 Qualified:             #9  3.962 321.58                        #1  3.907 332.43

Prock is 1 - 0 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Prock with the starting line advantage, but then it dropped a cylinder. Wilkerson chases him down by the 1/8 mile mark and takes the win. Daniel Wilkerson's MOV: 0.0151 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  771 Alexis DeJoria                          7 John Force                   
E2                   0.400  4.237 284.69     ****WINNER****  0.113  4.008 319.37
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.118  4.166 257.63      (B Hull      ) 0.111  4.042 317.49
 Qualified:             #5  3.936 330.55                        #4  3.930 326.95

Force is 18 - 12 against DeJoria in prior events.

Force with the starting line advantage and runs low E.T. of the round for the win. He will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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