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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas 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: Terry Haddock Runs 6.982/126.22, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.074/300.53, Was #18 Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 6.096/154.00, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.738/175.43, Was #22 1:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 28.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,985 feet, track temperature 98 degrees. Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.995/282.78, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.909/313.29, Was #15 Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 7.393/116.00, Now #23; Best prior run: 8.159/102.56, Was #23 Johnson gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. Arend was on a decent pass, then bangs the blower at the 1000 foot mark. Left Lane: Dale Pulde Runs 5.476/267.37, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.579/263.67, Was #21 Right Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 9.513/86.54, Now #24; Best prior run: 9.181/88.89, Was #24 Wyatt gets about 300 feet out, then has problems and shuts down. Left Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 8.328/105.39, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.294/299.06, Was #19 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 7.270/117.96, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.796/323.97, Was #5 Both cars get about 300 feet out and strike the tires. Left Lane: Jerry Toliver Runs 18.991/61.03, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.929/308.00, Was #16 Right Lane: Tony Bartone Runs 5.803/164.63, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.888/306.26, Was #14 Toliver hits the throttle and the car barely moved, not sure why. Bartone was on a decent pass, then the car staring bouncing around about 800 feet out. Left Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 6.023/159.04, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.885/300.46, Was #13 Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.887/316.08, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.877/317.94, Was #11 Frank gets to half-track, the engine stumbling, then gives up on the run. Tony makes a good pass and stays in the 11th spot. Left Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 4.944/311.63, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.880/316.60, Was #12 Right Lane: Stephen Neese Runs 6.377/143.20, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.364/268.06, Was #20 Gilbertson makes a decent pass and will stay in the 12th spot. No help for Neese. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.774/166.74, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.870/318.47, Was #10 Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 9.308/86.73, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.939/311.99, Was #17 Cruz has problems late in the run and shuts down. Left Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 4.841/318.77, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.864/315.86, Was #9 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.825/319.67, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.820/318.39, Was #7 A good side-by-side here, both right down the groove. Left Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.810/321.12, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.838/320.20, Was #8 Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.801/321.96, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.786/327.43, Was #4 A good side-by-side , both Force cars right down the groove. Left Lane: Phil Burkart Runs 4.783/319.29, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.797/316.38, Was #6 Right Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 4.860/311.63, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.772/322.42, Was #2 Burkart makes a great pass for the conditions and moves up a couple of spots to fourth. Scelzi makes a clean run but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.784/326.08, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.776/321.73, Was #3 Right Lane: Eric Medlen Runs 9.180/97.70, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.770/322.11, Was #1 Medlen gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires, then aborts the run. Worsham makes another good pass, right down the groove.
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