Sat, 14 Aug 2010, 05:14 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Bob Orme

BRAINERD, Minn. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Lucas Oil 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:

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Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.208/286.74, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.247/290.38, Was #14
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.192/275.17, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.100/90.57, Was #16

3:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 28.48 inches, adjusted altitude 3,415 feet.

A good looking pass for both drivers.

Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.900 sec., 330ft-2.352, 660ft-3.373/254.42 mph.
John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.909 sec., 330ft-2.346, 660ft-3.340/256.99 mph.

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Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.141/295.34, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.189/294.69, Was #11
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.138/302.35, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.208/293.28, Was #13

Side-by-side all the way down the track!

Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.899 sec., 330ft-2.337, 660ft-3.325/259.01 mph.
Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.332, 660ft-3.332/258.32 mph.

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Left Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.169/292.46, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.187/293.47, Was #12
Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.783/170.58, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.184/297.35, Was #11

Bode hazed the tires at about 500 feet. Head was to the left of the groove at the finish.

Jim Head's incremental times: 60ft-0.908 sec., 330ft-2.358, 660ft-3.351/260.61 mph.
Bob Bode's incremental times: 60ft-0.897 sec., 330ft-2.342, 660ft-3.490/193.38 mph.

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Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.902/160.96, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.167/297.68, Was #8
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.142/293.98, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.171/293.47, Was #11

Wilkerson was wiggling around at half track and he lifted. Capps made a move to the left right at the finish line.

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.894 sec., 330ft-2.322, 660ft-3.324/257.92 mph.

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Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 7.071/95.50, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.139/285.89, Was #5
Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.338/226.70, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.171/299.60, Was #11

Pedregon struck the tires at about 250 feet. Worsham hazed the tires at about 800 feet.

Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.348, 660ft-3.371/246.39 mph.

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Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 5.137/147.52, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.131/302.35, Was #3
Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.199/289.45, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.165/289.63, Was #8

Hight was up in smoke at about 400 feet. Arend was skating around a little on the top half of the track.

Jeff Arend's incremental times: 60ft-0.909 sec., 330ft-2.362, 660ft-3.373/255.92 mph.

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Left Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.125/294.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.102/302.55, Was #1
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.678/174.73, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.122/290.69, Was #2

Hagan lost traction just before the 660-foot mark. Force hood runs the quickest pass of the round to bring Funny Car qualifying to a close.

Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.892 sec., 330ft-2.322, 660ft-3.310/261.47 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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