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KENT, Wash. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Northwest 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: Paul Lee Runs 4.321/277.66, Now #3; No Prior Run Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.321/277.32, Now #4; No Prior Run 5:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 3,105 feet, track temperature 127 degrees. It's a
little hotter, but the track is cooling a little, as the sun is starting to go down. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.315/282.72, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.195/145.64, Was #14 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.275/284.03, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.181/105.67, Was #16 Grant Downing is on the bump spot at 4.708, but doesn't stay there for long.Two more clean and straight passes and two more cars improve into the top four positions. Nice! Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.404, 660ft-3.455/243.06 mph. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.917 sec., 330ft-2.388, 660ft-3.423/246.84 mph. Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.276/284.39, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.470/223.69, Was #12 Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.331/254.90, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.006/111.18, Was #16 Jeff Arend is on the bump spot at 4.470 and looking to move away quickly. Pedregon needs a full pass to move into the quickly improving field. Pedregon gets off the line much better this time and then has the Impala drift out of the groove and towards the wall. He herds it back towards the middle and takes the new #9 position. Arend shows his improved performance again and makes another smart looking pass to jump way up the ladder into the #3 position. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.269/285.35, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.435/250.18, Was #12 Right Lane: Brian Thiel Runs 4.640/263.20, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.736/260.46, Was #16 John Force is on the bump spot at 4.435. WOW! Thiel's tow car and race car went flying by our little window on the outside world at about 20-25 MPH towards the front of the line. Team Force waited patiently for them to get the car ready and started. Looks like waiting didn't hurt, as Zippy made the necessary tune up changes to power the Mustang quickly into the new #1 position on a straight and clean pass. Thiel gets a season best ET and MPH to move him within striking distance of the bump spot in the current #14 position. They now have some numbers to tune to tomorrow. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.380, 660ft-3.419/247.25 mph. Brian Thiel's incremental times: 60ft-1.009 sec., 330ft-2.578, 660ft-3.710/224.51 mph. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.791/168.68, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.371/275.79, Was #11 Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.257/285.29, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.644/212.76, Was #15 Gary Densham is on the bump spot at 4.428 and will not run this session. It's Ford power again, as Tasca makes a straight and true pass into the new number one position. Hagan's Charger had better incrementals until just before mid-track, when the tires started to smoke. It got a lot worse quickly, as there is terminal engine damage after that and the cleanup crew has to go to work with some major dusting and cleaning. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.900 sec., 330ft-2.352, 660ft-3.495/194.97 mph. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.377, 660ft-3.409/248.29 mph. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.277/287.23, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.312/279.90, Was #6 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.341/226.39, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.468/215.72, Was #14 5:51 p.m. Back to racing. Matt Hagan is on the bump spot at 4.371 and Pedregon is the last car able to bump him out for today. The track temperature is down to 118 degrees already. Both cars get to the finish line under power, but Pedregon's Solara starts to spin the slicks near the 800 feet mark. Good enough to move him on to the bump spot. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.920 sec., 330ft-2.398, 660ft-3.429/247.29 mph. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.345, 660ft-3.366/243.50 mph. Left Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.225/287.23, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.272/281.30, Was #3 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.194/291.57, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.325/245.40, Was #10 Force started the session in number one, but now sits at #3. WOW! Take no prisoners! Force Hood is first off the line and stays there until near the three thirty lights with better incrementals. After that, its all Hight, all the time. The AAA Mustang moves he bar up a ton with our first four "teen" and 290 plus MPH. Take nails the number one spot for tonight and will be tough to beat tomorrow. That puts Fords in one, two, three, four, and seven on today's final ladder. Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.351, 660ft-3.381/249.95 mph. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.908 sec., 330ft-2.348, 660ft-3.363/252.10 mph. 6:00 p.m.
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