Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 18:10 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Jack Beckman                          256 Blake Alexander              
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071  3.831 332.10                     0.058  9.955  60.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Haddock   ) 0.092  3.847 336.23      (A DeJoria   ) 0.078  3.876 329.18
 Qualified:             #3  3.828 334.82                        #6  3.870 336.40

Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,857 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Beckman is 4 - 3 against Alexander in prior events.

Alexander with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Beckman launched hard and kept it hooked up for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  374 Austin Prock                            8 J.R. Todd                    
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  3.850 332.26                     0.039  3.900 332.84
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Rupert    ) 0.059  3.828 341.68      (C Pedregon  ) 0.060  3.858 330.07
 Qualified:             #1  3.804 334.57                        #9  3.878 326.71

Prock is 3 - 2 against Todd in prior events.

Todd with the starting line advantage, but Prock has the lead as they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Ron Capps                               5 Chad Green                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.071 No Time                           0.007 No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Diehl     ) 0.095  3.842 332.18      (P Lee       ) 0.097  3.998 315.86
 Qualified:             #2  3.821 332.75                       #10  3.889 327.98

Capps is 4 - 1 against Green in prior events.

Green with a great light and started drifting out of the groove and collects the finish line cone. His run is DQ'ed.

Capps is up in smoke right at the hit, but still gets the win. Capps will give up lane choice to Beckman in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   14 Matt Hagan                            348 Daniel Wilkerson             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.060  3.856 333.66                     0.061  3.926 306.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Densham   ) 0.090  3.874 329.18      (B Tasca III ) 0.081  3.910 333.08
 Qualified:             #4  3.838 331.94                       #12  3.903 308.92

Hagan is 5 - 2 against Wilkerson in prior events.

Hagan gets a tick on the tree and never trailed for the win. Hagan will give up lane choice to Prock in the semifinal.

Wilkerson on a good clean pass in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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