Sun, 3 Oct 2004, 04:31 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 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
  716 Eric Medlen                             4 Del Worsham
E3                   0.125  4.783 323.74     ****WINNER****  0.093  4.807 325.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Burkart Jr) 0.177  4.740 328.22      (J Toliver   ) 0.134  4.864 305.56
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.159  4.807 322.96      (T Johnson Jr) 0.123  4.767 320.05
 Qualified:             #3  4.763 325.30                        #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 87 degrees.

Worsham with a big starting line advantage and the power to hold for the hole shot win. Del Worsham's MOV: 0.0087 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 John Force                             71 Cruz Pedregon
E3   ****WINNER****  0.087  4.729 329.83                     0.102  4.785 312.21
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Pedregon  ) 0.089  4.714 330.96      (G Densham   ) 0.085  5.205 279.90
E1    (T Bartone   ) 0.137  4.665 333.58      (J Gray      ) 0.089  4.758 323.27
 Qualified:             #1  4.697 332.75                        #4  4.766 325.30

Force with the starting line advantage and the victory with the quickest pass of the session for the third time today. Pedregon started to drift toward the centerline and finally crosses it after crossing the finish line first. Force will have lane choice in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink