Mon, 04 Nov 2024, 14:12 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  256 Blake Alexander                       374 Austin Prock                 
E3                   0.067 10.371  61.59     ****WINNER****  0.057  3.859 328.54
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Tasca III ) 0.133  3.880 326.87      (C Pedregon  ) 0.068  3.859 323.43
E1    (D Richards  ) 0.079  3.876 323.97      (T Gibbons   ) 0.037  3.866 332.84
 Qualified:             #4  3.848 328.94                        #1  3.817 327.98

11:02 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 30.10 inches, adjusted altitude 2,348 feet, track temperature 2484 degrees.

Prock is 1 - 0 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Prock goes down the groove with another good pass and gets closer to clinching the championship.

Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.224, 660ft-3.123/284.39 mph.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  116 Paul Lee                                7 Jack Beckman                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.054  3.834 330.23                     0.063  3.827 323.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Wilkerson ) 0.071  3.897 328.46      (R Capps     ) 0.069  3.853 329.67
E1    (S Densham   ) 0.057  3.890 324.59      (J Diehl     ) 0.075  3.831 328.54
 Qualified:             #3  3.845 327.35                        #2  3.821 330.47

Beckman is 6 - 1 against Lee in prior events.

Beckman is the only driver standing between Prock and the national championship. He would need to win this race and hope Prock didn't show up for the finals to take it away.

Lee gets out of the gate first but Beckman goes around him before they reach the sixty foot mark. Lee starts gaining ground after that, then goes down the groove with a career best run to take the stripe for the holeshot win.

Paul Lee's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(-0.012), 660ft(-0.011). MOV: 0.0024 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.225, 660ft-3.107/290.13 mph.

Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.204, 660ft-3.087/289.76 mph.

Lee will have lane choice over Prock in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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