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CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 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: Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.081/305.15, Now #1; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.30 inches, adjusted altitude 3,263 feet, track temperature 106 degrees. Force's pass was Dq'ed
earlier today because his body was too low. Force launched hard and keep it hooked up to got
straight down the groove into the number one spot. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.899
sec., 330ft-2.312, 660ft-3.285/263.41 mph. Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.190/302.75, Now #3; No Prior Run Lee with a great pass, as it was hitting on all eight all the way through the 1000 feet. Lee oes to the number three spot and runs his career fastest pass. Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.924 sec., 330ft-2.386, 660ft-3.381/258.71 mph. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.724/246.80, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.449/101.28, Was #16 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.123/305.36, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.440/99.77, Was #15 Hight started to lose traction around 330 feet and pedaled it one time. Beckman launched and keep the candles lit all the way down the track to go to the number two spot. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.334, 660ft-3.321/260.46 mph. Left Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.132/306.26, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.188/107.56, Was #15 Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.218/292.52, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.402/101.07, Was #16 Troxel launched hard and is straight down the groove to go to the number three spot. Melanie Troxel's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.355, 660ft-3.334/263.20 mph. The word is Troxel will be running all the events next year. She runs the fastest pass of the event, so far...Pedregon with a good clean pass with the new look Komatsu Funny Car to get in the show. Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.929 sec., 330ft-2.379, 660ft-3.386/253.47 mph. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.109/304.39, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.478/132.14, Was #16 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.158/297.09, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.223/143.89, Was #15 This was a great side-by-side drag race with Tasca III going to the number two spot. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.337, 660ft-3.309/263.67 mph. Wilkerson gets into the top half of the show. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.346, 660ft-3.337/257.83 mph. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.123/306.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.722/177.51, Was #14 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.078/303.57, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.133/142.34, Was #16 Pedregon launched hard and had the header flames shooting over the roof all the way down the track to go to the number one spot. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.301, 660ft-3.279/262.49 mph. Worsham with a great pass to get into the top half of the show...he runs the fastest pass of event, so far. Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.907 sec., 330ft-2.341, 660ft-3.324/261.88 mph. Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.115/306.95, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.631/183.07, Was #15 Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.154/303.78, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.285/254.52, Was #14 This was a great drag race with a Arend going to the number four spot and running top speed of the event. Jeff Arend's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.326, 660ft-3.316/261.37 mph. Head with a real nice pass to get in the show. Jim Head's incremental times: 60ft-0.906 sec., 330ft-2.352, 660ft-3.347/258.07 mph. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 5.491/128.01, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.202/290.19, Was #13 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.149/288.27, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.210/292.65, Was #14 Hagan just before half track the car started to nose over and then it banged the blower with a quick flash of flames...Capps with a real nice pass to get into the show...Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.902 sec., 330ft-2.330, 660ft-3.318/257.04 mph. Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.164/297.16, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.200/295.40, Was #13 Right Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 6.081/119.00, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.151/301.27, Was #9 Bode double stepped it on the starting line, but still gets into the show...Bob Bode's incremental times: 60ft-0.908 sec., 330ft-2.343, 660ft-3.344/255.58 mph. Force Hood starts to lose traction around 330 feet and clicks it off. Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.535, 660ft-4.189/128.91 mph.
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