Sat, 12 Nov 2011, 20:39 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 47th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals 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:

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Left Lane: Peter Russo Runs 12.632/45.72, Now #22; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 8.580/81.35, Now #21; No Prior Run

4:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 28.68 inches, adjusted altitude 2,345 feet, track temperature 68 degrees.

Bob Bode is on the bump spot at 4.199.

No help in either lane, both cars coasting after a couple hundred feet.

As they were clearing both cars from the track, a light mist started falling and we are on hold until it stops.

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Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 11.327/91.03, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.762/87.86, Was #20
Right Lane: Todd Lesenko Runs 19.869/20.72, Now #23; No Prior Run

4:58 p.m. Sprinkles finally stopped and it's time to try again.

Both cars lost traction almost immediately, up in smoke, and they coasted through.

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Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.943/160.00, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.254/300.20, Was #18
Right Lane: Cory Lee Runs 8.980/80.00, Now #22; No Prior Run

No help for either driver.

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Left Lane: Jon Capps Runs 8.948/72.97, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.165/298.01, Was #15
Right Lane: Jim Head Runs 4.551/262.59, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.912/187.26, Was #19

Capps smoked the tires almost immediately, Head made a full pass, but the header flames changed and went orange about 300 feet out.

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Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.943/160.00, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.254/300.20, Was #18
Right Lane: Cory Lee Runs 8.980/80.00, Now #24; No Prior Run

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Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.171/274.61, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.158/306.88, Was #13
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.150/304.94, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.203/296.83, Was #17

Tony was the last car in line with a chance to bump Bob Bode from the field. Both cars made good runs, DeJoria getting very close to the wall on the top end.

Now Jon Capps is on the bump spot at 4.165.

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Left Lane: Bob Tasca III No Time, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.138/306.33, Was #12
Right Lane: Bob Bode No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.199/293.47, Was #17

These two cars fired, then were shut off - more sprinkles.

5:33 p.m. The plug was just pulled, we are through for today. Bob Bode is out of luck, won't get a chance to get back into the field.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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