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Fri, 29 Oct 2010, 08:32 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 8.049/90.11, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: James Day Runs 6.033/111.94, Now #13; No Prior Run

4:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 27.86 inches, adjusted altitude 3927 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.
Both of these drivers skipped the first round of qualifying. They will need to run at least 5.319 to get in the field

Haddock gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires, then backs off the throttle. Day lost traction about 300 feet out, pedaled a couple of times, then aborted the run.

Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.462/245.27, Now #11; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.161/281.83, Now #9; Best prior run: 10.220/87.87, Was #18

Densham went up in smoke on his first attempt. He keeps the slicks stuck on this one, then starts mixing up cylinders late in the run. Diehl makes a decent pass and gets in the show for now.

Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 7.080/94.94, Now #19; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 5.317/141.11, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.550/83.45, Was #18

Lee did not make an attempt in the first round. Hight struck the tires early in his first attempt.

Same story here for Hight, about 300 feet out and up in smoke again. Lee gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires.

Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 10.369/85.70, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.319/135.71, Was #15
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 5.747/119.53, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.846/90.43, Was #18

Both of these drivers had traction problems in the first round resulting in aborted runs.

Worsham has problems again, about 300 feet out and up in smoke. Pedregon gets a little further and has to abort the run.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.090/304.53, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.155/298.67, Was #8
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.059/311.70, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.129/107.83, Was #18

Hagan made a trouble free run in the first round; Force went up in smoke.

A good side-by-side here, one of the few this round. Hagan gets off the line first but these two were glued together through the rest of the run. Force makes an impressive pass and takes the pole for now. Hagan improves and moves up to the third spot.

Left Lane: Melanie Troxel No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.139/306.88, Was #9
Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.187/277.03, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.089/150.98, Was #14

Troxel hits the throttle, the engine pops and the car never moves. Head makes a good pass for the conditions and gets in the show for now.

Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.718/119.61, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.126/301.74, Was #7
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.225/291.70, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.985/158.20, Was #14

Wilkerson is running a Summit Racing Equipment for this race. He had traction problems in the first round and had to shut off early. Capps had a trouble free pass and is in the seventh spot right now.

Capps is the one with the problems here, getting to the 330 foot marker and going up in smoke. Wilkerson made a clean pass here but was unable to get the Summit mustang into the show. he will have two more chances tomorrow.

Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 5.525/131.05, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.124/306.74, Was #6
Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.284/301.33, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.218/299.93, Was #12

Both of these drivers were able to make full pulls in the first round and are both in the field at the moment. Arend has another decent pass but doesn't improve. Beckman gets about 400 feet out and goes up in smoke.

Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 11.156/76.41, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.092/309.20, Was #4
Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.122/302.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.132/301.27, Was #8

Tasca hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Bode makes another clean pass and moves up a couple of spots.

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.371/133.80, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.087/304.67, Was #2
Right Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.032/309.70, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.105/306.40, Was #5

Force Hood makes an impressive run here, tied for the tenth quickest ever in this class, and takes the top spot to end this round and pick up three bonus points. Pedregon got about 300 feet out and went up in smoke.

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