Fri, 28 Oct 2011, 04:52 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, 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Todd Lesenko Runs 5.089/259.91, Now #1

1:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.03 inches, adjusted altitude 3,420 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Lesenko drifts to the left all the way through the run and almost crosses the centerline just past the finish line.

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Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.145/302.96, Now #1
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 5.415/136.47, Now #3

Haddock gets about 300 feet out and goes up in smoke. DeJoria makes the quickest pass of her short career.

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Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 6.507/121.08, Now #4

Densham gets about 200 feet out, strikes the tires, then gives up on the run.

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Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.693/240.89, Now #3
Right Lane: Melanie Troxel Runs 4.381/225.63, Now #2

Troxel got out of shape near the end of the run and had to click it off early. Bode had early problems but was able to recover.

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Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.276/303.16, Now #2
Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 7.388/85.15, Now #8

Head gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke. Lee makes a clean run and gets in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.231/295.85, Now #3
Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 4.213/295.34, Now #2

Pedregon was moving around a little all the way through the run but made a nice run to get in the third spot for now. Gray went right down the groove and moves intot he second spot for now.

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Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.154/286.86, Now #2
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.180/305.70, Now #3

A good side-by-side, both right down the groove. Wilkerson gets in the second spot behind DeJoria for now, Force right behind in the third spot.

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Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.208/300.53, Now #5
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.155/307.09, Now #3

A couple of decent runs, both right down the groove. Capps gets in the field in the third spot for now, Tasca in fifth.

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Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 7.530/86.80, Now #15
Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 8.161/78.22, Now #16

Hight and Arend both go up in smoke about 200 feet out and shut down.

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Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.216/289.57, Now #8
Right Lane: Mike Neff Runs 4.145/309.98, Now #1

Neff goes right down the groove with an impressive run to take the top spot for now. Pedregon makes a clean run and gets in the eighth spot for now.

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Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.142/301.40, Now #1
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.149/303.64, Now #4

Hagan goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round to take the top spot and pick up the three bonus points. Beckman makes a clean run and moves into the fourth spot.

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