Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 04:30 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Tony Pedregon                           1 John Force                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.111  4.867 307.72                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Johnson Jr) 0.033  4.991 303.91      (K Bernstein )       No Time      
E1    (J Beckman   ) 0.009  5.040 277.03      (T Bartone   ) 0.112  4.836 320.28
 Qualified:            #10  4.866 295.72                        #3  4.801 321.35

3:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,897 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Pedregon was slated to run John Force this round and will have a single run. He makes a full pass, right down the groove and moves on to the final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Cruz Pedregon                        7321 Ashley Force                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.123  4.961 310.41                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.085  4.877 317.57      (D Worsham   ) 0.134  4.865 314.31
E1    (G Scelzi    ) 0.046  4.819 318.32      (R Capps     ) 0.102  4.786 319.52
 Qualified:             #8  4.860 317.34                        #5  4.818 314.53

Ashley Force did not make the call to the line. Cruz gets the single and will run Tony in the final round.

Pedregon had a hole out all the way through the run. Tony will have lane choice over Cruz in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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