Sun, 13 Oct 2024, 15:41 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  116 Paul Lee                              374 Austin Prock                 
E2                   0.024  4.008 314.95     ****WINNER****  0.051  3.945 327.92
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.093  4.100 246.72      (T Haddock   ) 0.070  4.380 275.23
 Qualified:             #8  3.889 323.60                        #1  3.813 333.09

2:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 93 degrees, relative humidity 26 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,154 feet, track temperature 126 degrees.

Prock is 1 - 0 against Lee in prior events.

Lee leaves first, stays in front past the 330 foot mark, then Prock powers by and pulls away for the win.

Austin Prock's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.005), 330 ft(-0.002), 660ft(0.011). MOV: 0.0360 seconds (approximately 17 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                         4 Ron Capps                    
E2                   0.079  9.718  86.49     ****WINNER****  0.085  3.945 307.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Tasca III ) 0.076  3.879 325.80      (D Richards  ) 0.087  3.912 328.42
 Qualified:             #4  3.833 326.37                        #5  3.862 331.44

Capps is 11 - 3 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander gets out of the gate first but strikes the tires soon after hitting the throttle and he has to give up on the run. Capps goes down the groove with a decent pass but it looked like he was out of power just before the finish line.

Capps equals Prock's ET but will give up lane choice based on Prock's faster speed.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  348 Daniel Wilkerson                        5 Chad Green                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.092  3.944 322.74                     0.085  5.544 105.54
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A DeJoria   ) 0.015  3.908 323.46      (J Beckman   ) 0.125  3.992 295.92
 Qualified:             #6  3.871 327.68                       #14  3.968 314.84

This is the first time Wilkerson and Green have faced each other in eliminations.

Green leaves first, gets about 300 feet out and starts rattling the tires. The chutes deploy and he has to give up on the run. Wilkerson moves a little to the right at the end of the run but he makes the quickest pass of the round so far.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   71 Cruz Pedregon                          14 Matt Hagan                   
E2                   0.046  4.076 252.53     ****WINNER****  0.074  3.974 327.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Todd      ) 0.070  4.017 315.55      (B Bode      ) 0.050  3.974 325.64
 Qualified:             #7  3.878 325.90                        #2  3.823 335.20

Hagan is 24 - 11 against Pedregon in prior events.

Pedregon gets the advantage off of the and starts pulling away. He continues to extend his lead, then gets about 700 feet out and the car noses over, not sure why. Hagan is able to get around him and takes the stripe for the win.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.038), 330 ft(-0.056), 660ft(-0.070). MOV: 0.0740 seconds (approximately 27 feet).

Wilkerson will have lane choice over Hagan in the next round.

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