Sun, 31 Oct 2004, 03:05 PM Funny Car Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Del Worsham                            73 Frank Pedregon
E1   ****WINNER****  0.116  4.859 321.50                     0.082 11.295  71.40
 Qualified:             #1  4.751 328.22                       #16  4.885 300.46

11:31 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 27.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,095 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Pedregon gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke. Worsham goes right down the groove and moves on to round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Pedregon                          31 Johnny Gray
E1   ****WINNER****  0.111  4.825 323.43                     0.094  4.892 321.12
 Qualified:             #6  4.775 320.58                       #11  4.853 324.05

Gray gets a slight hole-shot, but Pedregon drives around before they reach the sixty foot mark.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  716 Eric Medlen                           340 Bob Bode
E1   ****WINNER****  0.098  4.831 323.04                     0.091  4.873 311.70
 Qualified:             #2  4.770 322.11                       #15  4.880 312.28

A pretty good drag race, Bode did all he could to take out Medlen. They were dead even at the sixty foot mark, then Bode started pulling away. He gets a little out of the groove at the 330, then Medlen starts reeling him in. Medlen drives by just past half-track and drives away for the win. Eric Medlen's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(-0.011), 660ft(-0.008), 1,000ft(0.010). MOV: 0.0358 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Gary Densham                          206 Bob Gilbertson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.117  4.792 323.12                     0.096  4.945 313.51
 Qualified:             #3  4.771 325.45                       #14  4.880 316.60

Gilbertson gets the jump off the line but Densham reels him in before they reach the sixty foot mark. He drives around at that point, then goes right down the groove and pulls away, running the quickest of the round so far. Densham will have lane choice over Tony Pedregon in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Whit Bazemore                          71 Cruz Pedregon
E1                   0.076  4.820 324.36     ****WINNER****  0.039  4.839 320.05
 Qualified:             #4  4.772 326.95                       #13  4.870 318.47

A good side by side here, Pedregon gets the holeshot, then Bazemore starts making up ground. Bazemore continues to reel in Pedregon, but runs out of room. Pedregon loses some oil in the shutdown area and it will cost him 10 points.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Gary Scelzi                           503 Tommy Johnson Jr.
E1   ****WINNER****  0.095  4.809 319.75                     0.074  4.888 317.42
 Qualified:             #5  4.772 322.42                       #12  4.857 316.52

Another good race, Johnson gets the holeshot and starts pulling away. Scelzi starts making up ground and pulls even at the 60 foot mark. Scelzi's car starts moving around a little, but he keeps it under control and pulls away for the win. Gary Scelzi's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.023), 330 ft(-0.001), 660ft(0.031), 1,000ft(0.048). MOV: 0.0586 seconds (approximately 27 feet). Scelzi will have lane choice over Pedregon in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 John Force                             28 Ron Capps
E1   ****WINNER****  0.087  4.787 322.88                     0.041  4.850 316.15
 Qualified:             #7  4.777 319.75                       #10  4.820 318.39

Capps gets the holeshot, but Force starts making up ground right away. Force pulls ahead just past half-track, then pulls away for the win, running the quickest pass of the round so far. he will have lane choice over medlen in round two.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  156 Phil Burkart                            7 Tim Wilkerson
E1                   0.072  4.854 317.79     ****WINNER****  0.098  4.824 321.50
 Qualified:             #8  4.783 319.29                        #9  4.796 323.97

This was a close one. Burkart gets the hole-shot, then Wilkerson starts making up ground. He needs the full length of the track, but he drives around just before they go through the lights and takes the win. Tim Wilkerson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(-0.011), 660ft(-0.008), 1,000ft(-0.003). MOV: 0.0046 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Wilkerson will have lane choice over Worsham in round two.

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