Sun, 10 Oct 2004, 01:21 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                               4 Del Worsham
E2                   0.095  6.223 216.41     ****WINNER****  0.103  6.094 279.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Arend     ) 0.096  4.836 311.56      (J Gray      ) 0.100  4.841 319.29
 Qualified:             #3  4.777 321.04                        #6  4.800 319.29

1:07 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.44 inches, adjusted altitude 1,157 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

What a race! Worsham launched and smoked the tires right away. He pedaled it and tried to get back into the race. As soon as he pedaled and got back into the run, Capps smoked his tires and pedaled. When Capps got back on the throttle, the rear end of his car got loose and he had to pedal it again. By that time, Worsham was far enough ahead to get the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Pedregon                         716 Eric Medlen
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075  4.808 319.90                     0.114  4.798 323.81
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.081  4.830 315.71      (J Head      ) 0.107  4.840 310.13
 Qualified:             #9  4.836 315.86                        #1  4.741 324.12

Pedregon got this win on a hole shot. Pedregon was pulling ahead at 330 feet but then Medlin started to close the gap and get closer. But he ran out of race track and Pedregon's better start was enough to let him hang on for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 John Force                              7 Tim Wilkerson
E2   ****WINNER****  0.089  4.762 325.77                     0.118  4.792 321.73
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Toliver   ) 0.170  4.728 326.24      (T Johnson Jr) 0.108  4.848 317.72
 Qualified:             #2  4.754 323.81                        #7  4.813 310.70

Force got off the starting line and kept pulling away to take the win. Wilkerson hung close and both drivers made good laps, but Force had more speed and got both the win and lane choice over Worsham in round three.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Gary Densham                            6 Gary Scelzi
E2                   0.117 15.726  40.22     ****WINNER****  0.082  4.851 314.68
 Prior rounds:
E1    (P Burkart Jr) 0.106  4.769 321.96      (W Bazemore  ) 0.092  4.807 305.63
 Qualified:             #4  4.796 323.74                        #5  4.796 318.77

Densham launched and smoked the tires for 100 feet, then clicked it off. Scelzi had a good run down the quarter mile for the win. he gave up lane choice to Pedregon in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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