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Sat, 4 Oct 2003, 03:51 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: Scotty Cannon Runs 8.479/108.03, Now #18; Best prior run: 11.423/88.92, Was #19
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.943/314.53, Now #9; Best prior run: 11.329/63.42, Was #18

Cannon is running one of Scelzi's Time Bomb bodies here. He got to about 150 feet and started to shake the tires and pedaled it, but could not get them to hook up and clicked it off. Capps with nice conservative pass here to get in the show and that bumped out teammate Tommy Johnson Jr.

Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.834/314.09, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.317/116.97, Was #17
Right Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 4.883/318.47, Now #7; Best prior run: 9.642/90.70, Was #19

Here is nice looking drag race both cars keeping the candles lit and the Goodyears stuck all the way through the 1320. Both of them go fro the outside of the show into the top half of the field, and that will bump out Bazemore and Gilbertson.

Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.974/310.20, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.790/169.98, Was #16
Right Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 5.087/275.22, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.149/136.25, Was #18

Haddock with Paul Smith turning the wrenches and he runs a career mph here and moves up the ladder. Gilbertson starts to lose traction is on and off the throttle at least three times to get back in the show and that bumps out Wyatt.

Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.876/312.13, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.218/293.28, Was #16
Right Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 5.233/275.51, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.126/114.10, Was #18

Worsham with a good clean pass to get off the bubble and into the top half of the show. Bazemore rattled the tires around the 330-foot mark and pedaled it and then the engine started to eat itself up on the top end and he will not get in the show with one more shot to go.

Left Lane: Cory Lee Runs 13.384/77.01, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.078/308.71, Was #15
Right Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 4.917/297.22, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.673/180.50, Was #18

Lee lost traction early and clicked it off. Wyatt who just got bumped out gets back in the show with his career best E.T. and mph pass here. Apparently Wyatt had something let go in the shut down area as the Safety Safari trucks are rolling. Wyatt bumped out Gilbertson.

Left Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 4.970/298.80, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.942/304.94, Was #12
Right Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 4.794/309.20, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.945/295.79, Was #14

Skuza with a great looking pass here to go to the top of the field. Dean Skuza's incremental times: 60ft-0.889 sec., 330ft-2.291, 660ft-3.277/259.71mph, 1,000ft-4.088. Creasy with a good clean pass.

Left Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 12.032/72.20, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.903/300.53, Was #11
Right Lane: Phil Burkart Runs 4.813/320.43, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.902/309.34, Was #10

Pedregon lost traction right off the starting line and clicked it off. Burkart was straight down Broadway to get into the top half of the field.

Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.787/318.39, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.826/318.99, Was #5
Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.749/327.27, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.848/316.75, Was #8

This was a great side-by-side drag race for the number one and two spots. Densham with the track mph record here.

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.287, 660ft-3.271/258.86mph, 1,000ft-4.089
Gary Densham's incremental times: 60ft-0.727 sec., 330ft-2.296, 660ft-3.265/263.05mph, 1,000ft-4.066

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 14.512/84.40, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.819/313.73, Was #6
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.811/319.75, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.828/311.56, Was #7

Pedregon had problems right off the starting line. wilkerson with a nice looking to move up the ladder.

Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.845/306.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.803/316.67, Was #4

Pedregon will wrap up this round of qualifying as the skies are starting to look threatening. Pedregon gets down the track, but not nears as quick as his teammates. Densham is number one and Lee is on the bubble.

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