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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Lucas Oil Slick Mist 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: John Force Runs 4.089/298.14, Now #1; Best prior run: 12.273/50.55, Was #17 4:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 14 percent, barometer 28.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,822 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.
Warm, dry and lots of altitude...but NO RAIN! Force had problems in the first round but makes up for it here but moving from out
side the field (17 cars this weekend) and all the way to #1. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.317,
660ft-3.286/263.36 mph. Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.237/297.75, Now #7; Best prior run: 9.551/80.49, Was #17 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.125/301.40, Now #5; Best prior run: 8.954/78.16, Was #16 Beckman and Arend both had problems getting a grip on Firebird Raceway in the first round of qualifying. Round 2 shows just how good these crews are with a little bit of data. Beckman left first and outran Arend to the stripe by a tenth. It looked like the fuse in Beckman's Charger was cut right at 1000ft as there was a flash from the engine just as the chutes hit. Beckman is in the 12 car field for the moment and Arend makes the show as well. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.077/303.71, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.555/107.10, Was #15 Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 7.893/86.56, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.431/101.12, Was #17 Two more racers that fell to the track in round 1. Hight and Prock have it figured as they take the Mustang to the top of the field, and sets top speed to this point for the Funny Cars. Bode left well but rattled the tires loose before half track. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.892 sec., 330ft-2.299, 660ft-3.274/261.52 mph. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.106/301.94, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.092/157.80, Was #15 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.164/296.05, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.601/98.41, Was #16 Of course we're on the provisional qualifying deal today so both of these drivers are not in the 12 car field coming into the session. Tasca makes a really good looking run and it's thing this is a really long track. Tasca's chutes didn't come out until WAY after the finish. He managed to stop the car on the black part of the track before going off into the desert. C.Pedregon moved into the short field in the other lane with a pass in the 'teens'. Left Lane: Jerry Toliver Runs 4.122/302.08, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.728/197.10, Was #14 Right Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 7.925/81.57, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.003/183.27, Was #16 Toliver surprises many with a beautiful run that was only marred by a little fight to keep the car off the center stripe at the finish. He managed to do that and is rewarded with a #7 position for the moment. A.Force was looking good until about half track when her pony went silent and coasted to the finish. She remains #16.Jerry Toliver's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.359, 660ft-3.324/265.17 mph. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.332/272.23, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.397/268.38, Was #14 Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.104/295.72, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.927/207.94, Was #15 T.Pedregon made a great pass that didn't exactly end the way he wanted. Right at the stripe when the chutes hit the bottom erupted in a ball of fire. The Impala continued to burn as he tried to get the car stopped as when he did the Safari was all over him. They put a pretty large fire out very quickly. T.Ped said he was really surprised as everything was fine until he lifted off the throttle. Wilkerson made a quiet pass in the left lane that leaves him outside that provisional field going into Saturday qualifying. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.072/305.22, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.287/240.08, Was #13 Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.172/291.76, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.389/224.32, Was #15 Worsham makes his Friday move and takes the Al-Anabi Racing Solara right to the top of the field. Densham, in the Asombroso Tequila Impala, just misses the field at #13. Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.892 sec., 330ft-2.314, 660ft-3.276/265.22 mph. Gary Densham's incremental times: 60ft-0.898 sec., 330ft-2.351, 660ft-3.344/255.19 mph. Left Lane: Mike Neff Runs 4.050/309.06, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.126/301.74, Was #11 Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.145/296.37, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.116/294.82, Was #8 Well, that top spot didn't last long for Worsham. Neff comes back and goes low ET and top speed of the event for Funny Car. That run just missed the top 10 for 1000ft runs. It was the sixth fastest run at that distance. Head was just tenth behind but winds up in the ninth spot. Mike Neff's incremental times: 60ft-0.894 sec., 330ft-2.308, 660ft-3.265/267.64 mph. Jim Head's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.337, 660ft-3.324/255.77 mph. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.023/305.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.116/300.86, Was #8 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 5.156/143.69, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.106/298.93, Was #7 Capps comes right back with the second quickest run in the 1000ft era. Hagan was on a nice run until the Charger turned right at about 300ft. he had no choice but lift or run into the wall. He chose correctly. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.284, 660ft-3.235/267.96 mph.
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