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NHRA 4-Gear - Funny Car, Pro Stock & Pro Mod - Eliminators

The final action of the afternoon is the 4-Gear eliminators. Top qualifier Iain had a bye in the first round, the racing starting with Clive and Ken...

   

The Funny Car came out on top - Ken taking his first RCR win by 0.019 seconds. Their ETs were 0.837 and 0.850.

   

Second qualifier Bill showed no mercy, but Rebecca's Funny Car did show some more speed than in qualifying. The winning margin was 0.035 and the ETs 0.811 to 0.843.

   

The final first round race saw Jerome cruise past Andy's ailing Pro Stocker by 0.210 seconds - 0.847 to 1.047.


Semi Finals

Ken drew the short straw meeting Iain in the first semi...

   

Iain's run of 0.710 seconds was stunning and left Ken 0.135 behind, despite a decent ET of 0.846.

The second semi was bound to be closer...


   

And it was. Bill got a good start - a 0.006 hole shot, plus really good speed off the line. The DHL Funny Car was floundering. About half way, Jerome started to claw it back... he was catching fast as they approached the line. Surely he hadn't done it? The scoreboard said he had - by 0.003 of a second. Jerome's ET was 0.823 to Bill's 0.832.


Final

That put Jerome up against Iain in the final...

   

Jerome needed a miracle, but those do sometimes happen on the eighth mile...



Yet not this time. They were away pretty much together, but Iain started to pull a gap...

   

That had gone out to a tenth of a second by the end...

   

A great performance from Jerome to reach the final...

   

But Iain has built a beast of a Funny Car and everyone else has some work to do!

Huge congrats to Iain on a dominant show...

   

Here's the ladder and the stats...

   

   


Coverage will resume about 7.30 with the match race decider between Iain and Alan. Then it's Street Stock!