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COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern 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: Andy Kelley Runs 5.480/142.21, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.401/219.29, Was #16 Kelley is up in smoke by 300 feet and pedals it once and then is back up in smoke. Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.381/224.32, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.160/301.33, Was #12 Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.210/298.34, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.651/229.08, Was #17 Worsham with his best pass of the weekend, and he gets into the show and that bumps out Kelley. Arend starts to haze the tires and clicks it off. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.222/296.37, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.154/303.23, Was #11 Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.148/297.81, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.205/289.32, Was #15 Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 2,164 feet, track temperature 105 degrees. Tasca III with his
quickest pass this weekend and he moves up to the number 10 spot. Bob Tasca III's incremental
times: 60ft-0.910 sec., 330ft-2.340, 660ft-3.332/258.81 mph.
No apparent problems for Pedregon, but he slows from his time this morning. Left Lane: Jim Head Runs 5.760/117.48, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.142/300.66, Was #8 Right Lane: Jerry Toliver No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.201/299.13, Was #15 Toliver does his burnout and then gets shut off as he stages. Head is up in smoke by 200 feet and clicks it off. Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.104/303.71, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.129/302.62, Was #6 Pedregon with a real nice pass the quickest pass of this round, and he goes to the number four spot. Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.898 sec., 330ft-2.323, 660ft-3.305/262.90 mph. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.204/297.94, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.120/304.05, Was #6 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.144/299.60, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.149/299.86, Was #11 Hight with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.902 sec., 330ft-2.338, 660ft-3.333/260.11 mph. No help here for Beckman and he will stay number six for now. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.120/299.26, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.101/299.26, Was #3 Right Lane: Mike Neff Runs 4.125/303.43, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.143/300.26, Was #9 Neff with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves into the to half of the field. Neff's car was moving around on the top end. Mike Neff's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.335, 660ft-3.322/261.57 mph. Capps was straight down the groove with a nice clean pass. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.899 sec., 330ft-2.337, 660ft-3.313/263.36 mph. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.131/304.25, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.100/306.19, Was #2 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.120/304.53, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.137/301.47, Was #8 This was a good side-by-side drag race, and Wilkerson with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the number six spot. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.907 sec., 330ft-2.335, 660ft-3.318/261.62 mph. Force with a good clean pass, and he will stay in the number two spot for now. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.336, 660ft-3.326/259.46 mph. Left Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.118/300.20, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.073/310.05, Was #1 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 5.060/149.00, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.114/303.84, Was #5 Hagan goes up in smoke around half track. Force Hood with another nice pass, but she gets real close to the centerline on the top end. Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.323, 660ft-3.311/260.46 mph.
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