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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Right Lane: Brian Thiel Runs 4.233/294.82, Now #1 2:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 27.43 inches, adjusted altitude 3,714 feet, track temperature 77 degrees. A decent looking pass for Thiel to open this round. Brian Thiel's incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec.,
330ft-2.381, 660ft-3.406/251.11 mph. Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.145/303.43, Now #1 Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.251/297.88, Now #3 No problems for either driver and a career best pass for Bode. Bob Bode's incremental
times: 60ft-0.917 sec., 330ft-2.352, 660ft-3.341/259.01 mph. Left Lane: Gary Densham No Time, Now #5 Right Lane: Jerry Toliver Runs 4.340/268.44, Now #4 Densham shut it off before he staged. Toliver was moving around quite a bit on the top half of the track. Jerry Toliver's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.416,
660ft-3.459/243.68 mph. Left Lane: Gary Densham Runs 10.214/86.28, Now #5 4:19 p.m. After The Strip being shut down for almost an hour and twenty minutes due to track computer problems, Densham is going to get another shot at this qualifying round. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.44 inches, adjusted altitude 4,011 feet, track temperature 84 degrees, and it is very windy! Densham struck
the tires immediately and he had to lift. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.175/268.97, Now #2 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.188/298.93, Now #3 Pedregon started skating around just before the finish. There were no visible problems for Wilkerson. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.333,
660ft-3.316/259.11 mph. Left Lane: Mike Neff Runs 4.347/215.75, Now #7 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 9.249/72.27, Now #8 Hight started shaking the tires at about 100 feet and he lifted. Neff moved to the left of the groove just past the 660-foot mark and he had to click it off. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.149/300.00, Now #2 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.185/301.33, Now #4 A good looking pass for both drivers. Force was wiggling around at the finish. John
Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.359, 660ft-3.343/261.17 mph. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 7.505/82.88, Now #11 Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.178/297.02, Now #4 Beckman lost traction at about 200 feet. A clean pass for Pedregon, although he was pretty close to the retaining wall in the shutdown area. Tony Pedregon's incremental times:
60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.373, 660ft-3.366/259.46 mph. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.273/293.54, Now #9 Right Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 8.130/86.59, Now #13 Force Hood lost traction right after the hit. She tried to pedal through it without success. No visible problems for Tasca. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec.,
330ft-2.431, 660ft-3.442/251.72 mph. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.503/192.06, Now #13 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.148/297.94, Now #2 Worsham moved out of the groove just before the 660-foot mark and he lifted. A good looking pass for Capps. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.374,
660ft-3.340/263.46 mph.
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