Sun, 19 May 2024, 16:28 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Reporter

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 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                        14 Matt Hagan                   
E3                   0.092 10.677  61.65     ****WINNER****  0.072  4.050 318.47
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Tasca III ) 0.068  4.146 253.23      (P Lee       ) 0.050  4.082 313.00
E1    (C Green     ) 0.082  3.996 313.00      (R Capps     ) 0.055  4.087 297.09
 Qualified:             #7  3.953 314.75                       #11  4.012 322.27

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,734 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Hagan is 9 - 4 against Alexander in prior events.

Hagan with the starting line advantage and never trails for the win. He is advancing to his third final this season and the 90th career final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Daniel Wilkerson                        7 John Force                   
E3                   0.083  4.076 309.98     ****WINNER****  0.103  3.987 317.94
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Prock     ) 0.091  4.086 314.39      (A DeJoria   ) 0.113  4.008 319.37
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.107  4.222 231.36      (B Hull      ) 0.111  4.042 317.49
 Qualified:             #9  3.962 321.58                        #4  3.930 326.95

Force is 1 - 0 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Wilkerson with the starting line advantage, but Force chases him down by 400 feet and takes the win. Force launched hard and kept it hooked up for the win. He will have lane choice over Hagan in the final. force is advancing to his second final round this season and 268th final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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