Sunday
Results for Elimination Round 3
POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
W/L Driver R-Time E-Time Speed
(W) Ashley Force Hood (Castrol GTX Mustang) 0.143 4.133 307.09
(L) Ron Capps (NAPA Auto Parts Charger) 0.086 4.775 248.25
3:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,485 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.
Force Hood and Capps are dead-even against each other, 6-6 overall and 1-1 in semifinal rounds. Capps had lane choice, by two thousandths.
Capps had a nice starting line advantage, but started spinning the tires and dropping cylinders in the first 200 feet. Force Hood went right down the groove with no apparent problems.
(W) Mike Neff (JFR/Ford Mustang) 0.098 4.197 291.32
(L) Tim Wilkerson (Levi, Ray & Shoup Mustang) 0.096 5.440 147.39
Wilkerson holds a 9-4 record against Neff, but they are 1-1 in semifinal rounds. No matter who wins, it will be an all-Ford final round. Wilkerson was up in smoke in the first 100 feet and it will be an all-JFR final round, with Force Hood choosing the lanes.