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CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 3 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: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.243/290.88, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.156/298.34, Now #11; No Prior Run Hagan with a nice clean pass to get on the board after banging the blower last night. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.326, 660ft-3.335/254.66 mph. Wilkerson's run was thrown out last night for his body being too low. He make a nice pass. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.920 sec., 330ft-2.389, 660ft-3.407/252.47 mph. Left Lane: John Smith Runs 4.225/296.24, Now #15; No Prior Run Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.224/298.47, Now #14; No Prior Run Smith making his first pass of the weekend and he is right there with Hight all the way down the track. John Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.397, 660ft-3.402/256.06 mph. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.381, 660ft-3.403/253.80 mph. Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.293/264.29, Now #17; No Prior Run Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.812/159.85, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.190/302.75, Was #13 Lee starts to lose traction around half track and clicks it off. Diehl making his first pass of the weekend, and he just misses the cut. Jeff Diehl's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.411, 660ft-3.431/252.47 mph. Left Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.169/298.67, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.151/301.27, Was #9 Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.330/230.21, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.164/297.16, Was #12 Bode was on a good pass and then around 660 feet, his car went silent. force Hood with another good looking pass, second quick of the session. Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.916 sec., 330ft-2.353, 660ft-3.352/256.75 mph. Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.215/284.99, Now #14; No Prior Run Right Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.643/191.65, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.132/306.26, Was #7 Troxel started to lose traction and clicked it off...Pedregon with a nice pass to get in the show and that will bump out Wilkerson. Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.903 sec., 330ft-2.342, 660ft-3.368/249.16 mph. Left Lane: Jim Head Runs 6.355/102.19, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.154/303.78, Was #10 Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.832/165.15, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.123/306.67, Was #5 Head starts to smoke the tires early and clicks it off...Worsham starts to loose traction a little farther down the track. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.240/293.35, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.149/288.27, Was #8 Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.166/301.13, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.115/306.95, Was #4 Arend launched hard and keep it hooked up to run the second quickest pass of the session. Jeff Arend's incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.337, 660ft-3.349/254.76 mph. Capps with a good clean pass. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.767 sec., 330ft-2.376, 660ft-3.405/252.00 mph. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.153/303.71, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.123/305.36, Was #6 Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 5.128/146.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.109/304.39, Was #3 Tasca III started to smoke the tires and clicked it off. Beckman blasted straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the round. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.900 sec., 330ft-2.344, 660ft-3.344/258.12 mph. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.140/295.34, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.078/303.57, Was #1 Right Lane: John Force Runs 6.188/107.69, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.081/305.15, Was #2 Force is up in smoke by 330 feet and clicks it off. Pedregon launched hard and keep it hooked up to go straight down the groove. he runs the quickest pass of the session. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.897 sec., 330ft-2.323, 660ft-3.322/257.09 mph.
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