Fri, 9 Apr 2010, 05:34 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Todd Simpson Runs 4.335/240.47, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,144 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Simpson started to drift toward the centerline and clicked it off early.

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Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 5.379/141.42, Now #2

Lee started to rattle the tires right off the starting line and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.129/300.33, Now #1
Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.213/297.48, Now #3

Head with good clean pass...

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Left Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 5.826/118.90, Now #8
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 7.484/90.11, Now #9

Pedregon loses traction right off the starting line. Troxel starts to shake the tires and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.137/302.62, Now #3
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.731/189.28, Now #7

Worsham with a clean pass. Pedregon clicked it off early.

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Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 7.793/83.49, Now #4
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 5.696/135.71, Now #3

Hight loses traction early and clicks it off. Wilkerson clicks it off early.

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Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.464/201.61, Now #3
Right Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.132/307.37, Now #1

force Hood with a real nice pass to go to the number one spot. Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.917 sec., 330ft-2.350, 660ft-3.334/263.05 mph. Tasca III started to get loose on the top end and clicked it off early.

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Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.179/295.46, Now #3
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 8.210/75.68, Now #10

Hagan launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.913 sec., 330ft-2.349, 660ft-3.354/255.63 mph. Beckman started to lose traction early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 7.500/87.62, Now #14
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.121/308.07, Now #1

Capps starts to lose traction early and clicks it off. Force with a great pass to go to the number one spot. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.920 sec., 330ft-2.347, 660ft-3.325/264.13 mph.

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