Sun, 3 Oct 2004, 05:45 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 John Force                              4 Del Worsham
E4                   0.103  6.854 131.11     ****WINNER****  0.100  4.809 329.75
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Pedregon  ) 0.087  4.729 329.83      (E Medlen    ) 0.093  4.807 325.77
E2    (T Pedregon  ) 0.089  4.714 330.96      (J Toliver   ) 0.134  4.864 305.56
E1    (T Bartone   ) 0.137  4.665 333.58      (T Johnson Jr) 0.123  4.767 320.05
 Qualified:             #1  4.697 332.75                        #2  4.730 328.54

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.33 inches, adjusted altitude 1,557 feet, track temperature 83 degrees.

Worsham with a slight starting line advantage and then blast on through the 1320 for the win with his career best speed here. Force lost traction around 300 feet and had the car side ways before he had to lift. Worsham has won the last eight final rounds he has been in and runs his final round record against Force to six and four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink