Mon, 04 Nov 2024, 16:15 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 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
  374 Austin Prock                          116 Paul Lee                     
E4   ****WINNER****  0.065  3.830   NS                       0.089  3.982 297.94
 Prior rounds:
E3    (B Alexander ) 0.057  3.859 328.54      (J Beckman   ) 0.054  3.834 330.23
E2    (C Pedregon  ) 0.068  3.859 323.43      (D Wilkerson ) 0.071  3.897 328.46
E1    (T Gibbons   ) 0.037  3.866 332.84      (S Densham   ) 0.057  3.890 324.59
 Qualified:             #1  3.817 327.98                        #3  3.845 327.35

12:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,710 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Prock is 2 - 0 against Lee in prior events and Prock is 1 - 0 against Lee in prior final rounds.

This is Lee's second final round this year...and he ran Prock.

Prock gets out of the gate first and extends his lead all the way through the run. Lee gets about 700 feet out, something flashed from the engine and he slowed.

Austin Prock's incremental margins: 60ft(0.059), 330 ft(0.086), 660ft(0.117). MOV: 0.1768 seconds (approximately 77 feet).

Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.858 sec., 330ft-2.205, 660ft-3.098/287.05 mph.

Prock gets the win, his eighth this year and the 12th of his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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