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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec 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 4.301/284.03, Now #1; No Prior Run Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 5.033/163.83, Now #10; No Prior Run 6:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.45 inches, adjusted altitude 3,487 feet, track temperature 114 degrees. Track conditions have improved greatly from the
first round. Lee makes an impressive run here and moves all the way to the top spot. Diehl makes a nice pass and gets in
the show in the tenth spot for now. Left Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 5.191/247.88, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.733/131.59, Was #17 Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.249/277.43, Now #1; No Prior Run Creasy gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires, pedals several times and gives up on the run. Worsham makes a good run and gets in the top spot for now. Left Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 5.347/135.40, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.116/85.36, Was #18 Right Lane: Todd Simpson Runs 4.362/271.84, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.860/102.65, Was #17 Troxel was on a good run but strikes the tires about 500 feet out. Simpson keeps the candles lit all the way through the run and gets in the show, bumping out Head and putting Hight on the bump. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 7.527/82.74, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.195/102.55, Was #18 Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 6.725/94.85, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.006/110.69, Was #17 Hagan gets about 200 feet out, loses traction and backs off the throttle. Head rattled the tires off the line, started drifting to the left, then gave up on the run about 300 feet out. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.129/299.26, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.121/146.42, Was #13 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.183/287.66, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.370/142.36, Was #16 This was a great side-by-side, both cars right down the groove, header flames high and steady, with the quickest runs of the weekend so far. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.135/141.80, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.861/185.43, Was #13 Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.263/251.86, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.744/192.66, Was #12 Capps was on a decent pass but started losing traction about 400 feet out. Pedregon started mixing up cylinders late in the run but still made a good run to move up to the fourth spot. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.200/289.45, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.644/216.03, Was #11 Right Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 5.133/147.97, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.713/215.41, Was #12 Hood gets to the 330 foot mark, loses traction and backs off the throttle. Tasca keeps the candles lit all the way through the run and moves all the way to the third spot. Left Lane: John Force No Time, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.407/254.90, Was #10 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.225/293.47, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.441/251.34, Was #11 Force gets out of the groove about 300 feet out. He starts moving to the right, the rear of the car starts moving around, then he makes a move toward the right and takes out the last timing block. Beckman was out in front and crossed the finish line before Force so he will get his time. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.181/282.90, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.325/278.35, Was #8 Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.163/290.76, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.348/239.65, Was #9 A good way to end this round, these two were glued together all the way through the run.
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