Sun, 17 Nov 2024, 20:52 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 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
  374 Austin Prock                            7 Jack Beckman                 
E4                   0.048  5.028 165.42     ****WINNER****  0.071  3.812 327.35
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Hagan     ) 0.052  3.812 331.04      (R Capps     ) 0.068  3.845 330.39
E2    (J Todd      ) 0.047  3.850 332.26      (B Alexander ) 0.071  3.831 332.10
E1    (J Rupert    ) 0.059  3.828 341.68      (T Haddock   ) 0.092  3.847 336.23
 Qualified:             #1  3.804 334.57                        #3  3.828 334.82

Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,334 feet.

The #1 FC qualifier has won this race 10 times in 19 Final rounds (but only twice in the last 20 years).

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

Prock with the starting line advantage, but lost traction right at the hit and pedaled it. Beckman is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the event for the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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