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Fri, 27 Jun 2003, 08:35 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Sears Craftsman NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Left Lane: Vinny Arcadi No Time, Now #2
Right Lane: Arnie Karp No Time, Now #1

Current weather conditions: 85 degrees, 37 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.98 inches, with a track temperature of 114 degrees.

Arcadi did the burnout and then had problems and just idled on through the quarter mile. Karp got loose and out of the groove smoking the Goodyears and getting real close to the centerline, but reeled it in. There was a timing problem on Karp's pass and it will count.

Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 6.640/137.30, Now #1

Haddock got out of the groove and close to the wall before clicking it off.

Left Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 8.016/124.94, Now #3
Right Lane: Scotty Cannon Runs 5.381/247.93, Now #1

Creasy lost traction around 300 feet and clicked it off. Cannon started to loose traction further down the track.

Left Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 7.002/127.19, Now #4
Right Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 5.216/272.01, Now #1

Skuza lost traction just past 330 feet. Gilbertson was hazing the tires from a 1000 feet on.

Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 7.099/123.98, Now #6
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 6.579/136.80, Now #3

Wilkerson was up in smoke before the 330-foot mark and Pedregon lost traction just past 330-foot mark.

Left Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 12.441/76.60, Now #9
Right Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 5.142/288.15, Now #1

Pedregon is up in smoke immediately. Scelzi was able to keep it hooked up all the way down the 1320.

Left Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 6.389/141.28, Now #5
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 5.111/269.29, Now #1

Gray lost traction just before half track while Tommy was hazing the tires on the top end.

Left Lane: John Force Runs 5.107/277.72, Now #2
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.087/291.07, Now #1

This was a pretty good drag race on this tricky track. Force was in the lead at half track, but then hazed the tires on the top end.

Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 5.088/296.05, Now #2
Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 5.528/199.67, Now #8

Worsham was able to keep it hooked up for the number one spot for now. Densham started to loose traction around 1000 feet.

Left Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 5.079/288.39, Now #1
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 5.733/225.00, Now #10

Bazemore straight down Broadway for the number one spot. Pedregon started dropping cylinders right off the starting line and then the engine went away.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink