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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 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: Right Lane: Justin Schriefer Runs 6.979/79.10, Now #20; Best prior run: 8.497/68.58, Was #20 7:55 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 27.85 inches, adjusted altitude 3,468 feet, track temperature 68 degrees. Schriefer lights up the tires at the hit, pedals a
couple of times, then pops the blower. Left Lane: James Day Runs 11.108/59.60, Now #21; No Prior Run Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.755/186.05, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.496/272.39, Was #16 day hit the throttle, lost traction, then gave up on the run. Haddock started drifting to the right at the hit, got very close to the wall about 600 feet out and wisely backed off the throttle. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 5.293/145.99, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.003/270.75, Was #19 Right Lane: Jeff Diehl No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.427/238.98, Was #15 Hight gets about 400 feet out, the car loses traction and makes a nasty turn to the right. Hight backs off the throttle, the car whips back around to the left, and he rolls through the lights. Diehl had a nasty ride. He gets about 300 feet out and the car makes a hard move towards the wall. diehl backs off the throttle but it hangs open and the flames from the headers stay high as he hits the wall head on. The body flies off the car, the chutes deploy, and the engine goes up in flames. The car continues down the track finally coming to a stop in the shutdown area. Diehl is able to get out and away from the car and seems to be okay. Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.185/302.69, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.987/185.66, Was #18 Right Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.128/287.96, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.139/306.88, Was #9 9:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 27.87 inches, adjusted altitude 3,271 feet, track temperature 67 degrees. We're back after an extended cleanup from Diehl's accident. Several cars have pulled out of the lanes an headed back to the pits. Pedregon isn't in the show yet and the bump is fairly soft. Troxel is looking to improve on her qualifying position A couple of really nice passes here.
Pedregon drifted a little to the left all the way through the run but was able to stay on the throttle and get in the
show, bumping out Haddock. Troxel made a clean run but didn't improve enough to move up in the order. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.117/304.53, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.660/238.85, Was #18 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 8.729/73.13, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.124/306.74, Was #8 Wilkerson is the last non-qualifier left to make an attempt. If he gets in he will bump out Diehl. Wilkerson goes right down the groove, header flames high and steady all the way through the run, and he gets in
the show in the seventh spot. Beckman gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke. Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 9.361/77.01, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.122/302.08, Was #8 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.082/309.06, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.092/305.98, Was #6 Bode hits the throttle, gets about 60 feet and goes up in smoke. Capps Makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the third spot. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.050/311.92, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.059/311.70, Was #2 Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.215/277.60, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.092/309.20, Was #6 Force makes an impressive pass here, the quickest of the round so far, but doesn't improve enough to take the top spot. Tasca makes a decent pass but seems to run out steam near the end of the run. Left Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.057/309.70, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.032/309.70, Was #1 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 7.352/80.64, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.090/304.53, Was #5 This is it, the last pair of the evening. Force-Hood is already qualified in the top spot but is looking to stay there and pick up bonus points. Hagan would like to improve and take bonus points away from John Force who stands to pick up three if neither of these two can run quicker. Hagan gets about 200 feet out, strikes the tires, then
clicks it off. Force-Hood makes a clean straight pass and runs the second quickest pass of the session to pick up a
couple of bonus points.
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