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POMONA - Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2
By Darryl Jackman





POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the 39th annual NHRA AutoZone Winternationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top spe

prior to run:


Left Lane: Dale Creasy, Jr. Runs 5.221/277.03, Now #4; Best prior run: 8.286/100.60, Was #9
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 11.167/77.53, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.003/293.79, Was #2

12:52 PM-The second round of funny car is on the pad and we all expect a lot of improvement from the cold of last evening. Cre

off.


Left Lane: Al Hofmann Runs 5.252/272.17, Now #6; Best prior run: 17.766/63.16, Was #17
Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 5.217/267.48, Now #4; Best prior run: 17.951/57.53, Was #19

Both of these cars smoked the tires last night but today it's a little warmer and just a touch of sunshine on the racing surfac
Left Lane: Jerry Toliver No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 23.199/41.85, Was #20
Right Lane: No Time, Now #0; Best prior run: 0.000/0.00, Was #0



Left Lane: Jerry Toliver Runs 5.348/238.30, Now #9; Best prior run: 23.199/41.85, Was #20
Right Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 4.953/307.16, Now #1; Best prior run: 9.412/84.20, Was #12

Toliver was very close to the wall in the left lane and has to lift. Bazemore, in his new ride goes right into the #1 spot wit
Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 15.619/69.53, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.338/272.78, Was #8
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.831/304.32, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.016/313.73, Was #4

The Boss and the Kid square off in qualifying. No question here. Force was clean all the way down while Pedregon was up in sm
Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 16.702/63.26, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.717/207.53, Was #12
Right Lane: Dale Pulde Runs 5.079/296.70, Now #5; Best prior run: 12.116/84.32, Was #16

Pulde would like to get into the field to setup another race like the World Finals, where he got to the final round. Pulde get t into shake that turned to smoke within just a few feet.

Left Lane: Scotty Cannon Runs 5.098/291.01, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.989/109.39, Was #14
Right Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 4.901/306.26, Now #2; Best prior run: 15.350/73.26, Was #19

Cannon never gets the rpm's up on the burnout and just rolls across the starting line. Skuza does his usual thing. Cannon mus good all the way down.

Left Lane: Jim Epler Runs 11.950/73.22, Now #17; Best prior run: 17.770/59.65, Was #20
Right Lane: Cory Lee No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 9.725/86.46, Was #16

Cory Lee strikes the tires at about 100 feet. The car got very loose on him and he crosses over into Epler's lane at 330 feet. ore Lee crossed the line.

Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 5.260/268.65, Now #11; Best prior run: 0.000/0.00, Was #0

Arend is in the Chuck Beal car this weekend. Arend is forced to lift twice during the run and gets very close to the fence on br>
Left Lane: Dave Benjamin No Time, Now #0; Best prior run: 0.000/0.00, Was #0
Right Lane: Del Worsham No Time, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.968/291.51, Was #4



Left Lane: Dave Benjamin Runs 21.699/30.00, Now #22; Best prior run: 0.000/0.00, Was #0
Right Lane: Del Worsham No Time, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.968/291.51, Was #4

Both cars were instantly up in smoke and wound up very slow.

Left Lane: Randy Anderson No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 12.095/64.43, Was #19
Right Lane: Frank Pedregon No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 12.541/74.63, Was #20



Left Lane: Randy Anderson Runs 9.905/77.67, Now #19; Best prior run: 12.095/64.43, Was #19
Right Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 5.145/299.33, Now #8; Best prior run: 12.541/74.63, Was #20

Anderson has the woes continuing as the blower bangs at the end of the concrete. Pedregon gets the Penthouse car well into the
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.513/203.28, Was #16

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Right Lane: Mitch McDowell Runs 9.502/82.31, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.423/281.30, Was #15

Severe tire shake does McDowell in on this pass.




Right Lane: Glenn Mikres Runs 5.508/269.89, Now #16; Best prior run: 14.866/78.22, Was #21

Mikres become the final car in a very long funny car session. Glenn lifts twice but finishes the run in a cloud of smoke.




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