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Charlotte Funny Car Sunday results: Semifinals

It will be NHRA champions going four-wide in the Funny Car final after Robert Hight, John Force, Shawn Langdon, and Matt Hagan all advanced out of the semifinals.
28 Apr 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Robert Hight

Robert Hight had low e.t. of the semifinal round of Funny Car with a 3.977 to easily win his quad with Shawn Langdon driving through tire smoke to a 4.31 second-place finish ahead of Tommy Johnson Jr. and J.R. Todd.

His teammate, John Force, advanced to the Funny Car final on a deep-stage holeshot with a 4.04 to finish ahead of Matt Hagan’s 3.99, who will join him in the run for the money. Tim Wilkerson finished third with a 4.06 while Jack Beckman smoked the tires.

All four finalists are former NHRA world champs.

Final-round quad (lane choice in order): 
Robert Hight vs. Matt Hagan vs. John Force vs. Shawn Langdon

[E1 recap]