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Fri, 29 Oct 2010, 04:50 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Left Lane: Gary Densham Runs 10.220/87.87, Now #1

1:23 p.m. Densham hits the throttle and goes up in smoke.

Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.132/301.27, Now #1

Bode moves around a little, first drifting to the right, then back to the left, but he is able to keep it under control to make a decent pass.

Left Lane: Jim Head Runs 5.089/150.98, Now #3
Right Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.139/306.88, Now #2

Head gets about 400 feet out, strikes the tires and loses a cylinder on the left side of the engine. He makes a hard move to the left, almost hitting the wall about 800 feet out. Troxel makes a decent pass but drifted to the left getting close to the centerline.

Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.218/299.93, Now #4
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.087/304.67, Now #1

Pedregon doesn't have the quickest sixty foot time this session, a .914, but he is able to keep the car in the groove to take the pole for now. Arend makes a clean run to get in the fourth spot for now.

Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 6.846/90.43, Now #7
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.126/301.74, Now #2

Pedregon gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and backs off the throttle. Capps goes right down the groove and gets in the second spot for now.

Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.985/158.20, Now #6
Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 5.319/135.71, Now #8

0-for-2 on this run. Worsham gets about 400 feet out, strikes the tires and clicks it off. Wilkerson gets a bit further, loses traction and backs off the throttle.

Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 7.550/83.45, Now #11
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.092/309.20, Now #2

Hight gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and clicks it off. Tasca keeps the candles lit all the way through the run and gets in the second spot for now.

Left Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.105/306.40, Now #3
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.124/306.74, Now #4

Force-Hood has the quickest sixty foot time so far, a .898, but slows a little in the middle of the run. Beckman makes a decent pass to get in the fourth spot for now.

Left Lane: John Force Runs 6.129/107.83, Now #13
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.155/298.67, Now #8

Force gets about 300 feet out and goes up in smoke. Hagan goes right down the groove and gets in the show in the eighth spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink