Sat, 18 Sep 2010, 05:30 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 4 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:

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Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.154/305.56, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.154/305.56, Was #10
Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.259/287.29, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.259/287.29, Was #18

Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 3,014 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Diehl with his quickest pass of the weekend, but he will not get in the show. Hight launched hard and keep it hooked up to move up to the number 10 spot. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.913 sec., 330ft-2.349, 660ft-3.349/259.06 mph.

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Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.826/168.91, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.190/302.75, Was #14
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.289/286.25, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.243/290.88, Was #17

Lee started to lose traction and clicked it off. Wilkerson is straight down the groove, but he is not quick enough to get in the show. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.406, 660ft-3.436/248.16 mph.

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Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.206/296.63, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.164/297.16, Was #13

John smith was to be in the other lane and when they saw that Wilkerson was not getting in the show and they wer in the show, they pulled out of line. Bode with another good clean pass, he will not improve. Bob Bode's incremental times: 60ft-0.919 sec., 330ft-2.377, 660ft-3.383/255.48 mph.

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Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.115/299.40, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.156/298.34, Was #12
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.131/304.80, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.215/284.99, Was #15

This is a great drag race...Hagan runs the quickest pass of the day to go to the number five spot. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.308, 660ft-3.299/257.87 mph. Pedregon with a great pass to get into the top half of the show. Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.328, 660ft-3.326/259.46 mph.

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Left Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.781/173.36, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.132/306.26, Was #9
Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.197/290.88, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.154/303.78, Was #13

Troxel started to lose traction and clicked it off...Head was loose off the starting line, and made another good pass. Jim Head's incremental times: 60ft-0.906 sec., 330ft-2.347, 660ft-3.365/251.58 mph.

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Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.697/178.76, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.123/306.67, Was #6
Right Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.222/294.75, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.151/301.27, Was #11

Worsham started to lose traction on the top end and clicked it off. Force Hood with a nice pass, Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.920 sec., 330ft-2.381, 660ft-3.393/252.99 mph.

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Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 10.897/57.47, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.115/306.95, Was #4
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.211/293.60, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.149/288.27, Was #10

Arend lost traction right at the hit...Capps with a good clean pass. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.355, 660ft-3.377/251.25 mph.

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Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.172/297.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.109/304.39, Was #3
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.760/169.44, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.123/305.36, Was #7

Tasca III with a great pass, the fourth best pass of the session. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.913 sec., 330ft-2.350, 660ft-3.352/256.55 mph. Beckman started to lose traction and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.167/301.27, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.081/305.15, Was #2
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.114/302.35, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.078/303.57, Was #1

Pedregon with another great pass, the quickest pass of the round. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.899 sec., 330ft-2.315, 660ft-3.308/259.11 mph. Force with another good looking pass. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.906 sec., 330ft-2.358, 660ft-3.356/258.62 mph. This was a great drag race to wrap up qualifying.

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