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TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX 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: Ron Capps Runs 4.820/315.86, Now #1; Best prior run: 11.631/81.29, Was #18 Right Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 5.012/302.08, Now #7; Best prior run: 9.705/87.85, Was #14 Current weather conditions: 73 degrees, 65 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.03 inches and the sun is starting to set. This was a great drag race with the header flames shooting high over the roof. There was not one flicker in Capps' header flames as he jumps to the number one spot. Left Lane: Scotty Cannon Runs 5.105/295.92, Now #9; Best prior run: 11.487/81.29, Was #18 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.861/315.56, Now #2; Best prior run: 8.101/104.11, Was #15 Cannon with a quick 60 foot time and a good pass until about 1000 feet then it started mixing up some cylinders. Wilkerson launched hard and was able to keep it lit on all eight and the Goodyears stuck through the 1320. Left Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 5.130/290.26, Now #11; Best prior run: 10.497/93.95, Was #18 Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.823/320.51, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.847/127.82, Was #14 Force with a great pass and just missed the number one spot by 0.003 seconds, and the fastest pass of the weekend. Wyatt with a nice looking pass and his fastest pass of the season. Left Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 7.807/109.77, Now #18; Best prior run: 9.906/86.19, Was #18 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 6.773/119.88, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.442/137.23, Was #15 Skuza shook the tires right off the starting line and then started to smoke the tires before he clicked it off by 330 feet. Pedregon started to lose traction and then it dropped a cylinder or two. He lifted and then engine let go and he had a small fire on the top end. Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.806/320.51, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.730/113.15, Was #17 Right Lane: Keith Jackson Runs 6.445/137.50, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.186/259.51, Was #12 Jackson was on a good pass until about half track and then he lost traction and clicked it off. Pedregon with a great looking pass here for the number one spot. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.889/318.99, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.460/106.09, Was #17 Right Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 5.014/310.77, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.001/310.84, Was #9 Worsham goes from the outside to the top half of the show. He had a few sparklers coming out of the headers on the top end. Creasy with another good pass running consistent. Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.817/318.17, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.335/141.27, Was #16 Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 7.161/124.26, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.914/312.64, Was #8 Gray lost traction right off the starting line. Johnson Jr with an almost identical pass to his teammate Capps jumping ahead of him by 0.003 seconds. Left Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 4.833/323.35, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.156/149.08, Was #16 Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.852/314.68, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.914/317.42, Was #8 This was a great side by side drag race here both car keep the candles lit all the way through the 1320. Left Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 6.593/133.61, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.953/292.65, Was #11 Right Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 4.867/321.27, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.908/316.60, Was #9 Gilbertson lost traction around 400 feet and clicked it off. Bazemore made a move in the right direction to get into the top half of the show, but probably not what he was looking for here to wrap up day one of Funny Car qualifying.
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