Sun, Mar 21, 02:53 PM GAINESVILLE - Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the 30th Annual Mac Tools Gatornationals:

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  12 Cory Lee            5.038 284.21  Q   4 Cruz Pedregon       4.890 307.51
   (D Skuza     ) 0.516  5.597 215.13 E1   (D Creasy, Jr) 0.529  4.949 291.89
 *****WINNER***** 0.493  4.934 307.86 E2                  0.525  4.938 288.77

Lee gets the lead on the starting line and holds on all the way down the track. Pedregon started mixing up the cylinders around 1100 feet. Lee with his best pass of the weekend and moves into the semi-finals.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Frank Pedregon      4.975 296.11  Q   2 Tony Pedregon       4.860 316.52
   (R Capps     ) 0.528 10.154  80.64 E1   (P Burkhart  ) 0.530  4.779 319.90
 *****WINNER***** 0.511  5.017 285.95 E2                  0.518  5.228 240.34

First time these two have met and Frank gets the slight head start and does not look back. The quickest Funny Car on the planet makes a move toward the centerline around half-track and then starts mixing up the cylinders from there on.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Tim Wilkerson       4.929 294.75  Q   3 John Force          4.872 316.52
   (G Densham   ) 0.546  4.976 290.88 E1   (A Hofmann   ) 0.522  4.799 324.05
                  0.510  7.551 117.83 E2 *****WINNER***** 0.528  4.830 318.84

Wilkerson smokes the tires by 100 feet and pedals it and when he does he pulls the front end way up into the air. That is it while Force runs quick enough to back up his national record pass from the earlier round.

 Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Jerry Toliver       4.993 307.16  Q   1 Whit Bazemore       4.856 307.58
   (J Epler     ) 0.582  4.998 290.38 E1   (D Worsham   ) 0.496  5.014 299.20
 *****WINNER***** 0.557  5.026 301.07 E2                  0.528  5.356 270.05

Bazemore is out of the gate first and then makes a move toward the centerline, and pedals it. Toliver doesn't run in the fours, but runs quick enough to deliver the knock out punch to the number one qualifier. He will face Lee in the semis and Force and Frank Pedregon will be the other semi-final match up.

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