Sun, 14 Nov 2004, 08:23 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 John Force                              4 Del Worsham
E4   ****WINNER****  0.077  4.734 320.28                     0.073  4.804 314.39
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Scelzi    ) 0.188  4.728 323.97      (G Densham   ) 0.028  4.786 322.34
E2    (E Medlen    ) 0.102  4.764 321.58      (P Burkart Jr) 0.136  4.785 324.98
E1    (T Bartone   ) 0.114  4.780 323.27      (P Burkart   ) 0.096  4.993 285.17
 Qualified:             #1  4.698 329.18                        #3  4.728 329.67

5:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 28.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,914 feet, track temperature 75 degrees.

This pair comes up more for bragging rights in the off season than anything else. Force long ago locked up the Championship and one round earlier Worsham closed out Scelzi for second place. It's a side by side leave and they were close until about 1000 feet. Force pulled away from there to the finish and both cars disappeared behind a wall of smoke. When it cleared enough the win light was visible in Force's lane and the season is complete for the Fuel Coupes.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink