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JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 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 6.348/137.75, Now #17; Best prior run: 28.000/0.00, Was #20 2:08 PM Current weather conditions: 53 degrees, 74 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.95 inches, with a track temperature of 75 degrees. Cannon struck the tires at about 500 feet and he clicked it off. Left Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 4.782/327.98, Now #2; Best prior run: 10.686/84.29, Was #20 Right Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. No Time, Now #22; No Prior Run Creasy's team was unable to get the engine to fire. Scelzi has the fastest Funny Car run ever, along with setting a career best elapsed time. Left Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 5.135/209.69, Now #14; Best prior run: 9.031/91.51, Was #20 Right Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 11.531/75.26, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.119/148.25, Was #17 Pedregon lost traction at around 200 feet. Skuza moved very close to the retaining wall at about 900 feet and he lifted. Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.790/309.34, Now #3; Best prior run: 8.968/118.27, Was #20 Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.830/312.71, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.495/190.92, Was #15 A very good looking drag race! A career best ET for Johnson, and career best ET and speed for Bode. Left Lane: Keith Jackson Runs 5.326/223.73, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.805/176.05, Was #18 Right Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 4.966/301.47, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.004/286.56, Was #13 Jackson was trailing a lot of engine smoke from 1000 feet through the finish. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.838/319.07, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.639/172.65, Was #18 Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 5.298/203.71, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.912/302.48, Was #11 Gray was on a good pass until the engine went silent at 1000 feet. Left Lane: Arnie Karp Runs 4.917/312.78, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.026/296.18, Was #16 Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.838/314.53, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.910/311.34, Was #11 The theme of Arnie Karp's Worsham Racing/Artisan Home Entertainment Funny Car is T2: Extreme DVD. Both drivers were on a good pass here, Worsham losing the engine at the finish. Left Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 5.283/210.37, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.011/266.11, Was #16 Right Lane: John Lawson Runs 10.045/85.21, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.909/311.99, Was #11 Lawson lost traction at 200 feet, the car skating around before he shut it off. Wyatt's engine sent silent at about 1000 feet. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 10.992/75.33, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.937/305.70, Was #14 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 5.534/176.56, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.849/314.46, Was #9 Pedregon lost traction at about 200 feet and he shut it off. Wilkerson lost the blower belt at 900 feet. Left Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.829/312.71, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.866/315.34, Was #10 Right Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 4.792/323.27, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.839/321.96, Was #8 A good looking side-by-side run. Densham was mixing up the cylinders at the finish. Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.756/309.34, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.798/320.81, Was #5 Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.750/321.27, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.763/322.81, Was #1 Pedregon has qualified no lower than third this season. That trend may well continue through this event as we have a pair of "75's" by the Castrol cars to end this qualifying round.
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