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CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Dollar General NHRA Four-Wide Nationals fueled by Full Throttle: Order Car# Lane Driver Car Qual RT ET Speed 1. 7 4 Robert Hight, '13 Mustang 16 0.080 4.113 313.80 2. 3111 2 Chad Head, '13 Camry 1 0.160 4.076 312.71 3. 10 1 Jeff Arend, '13 Charger 9 0.098 4.216 300.13 4. 771 3 Alexis DeJoria, '13 Camry 8 0.098 9.701 40.14Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish
Jeff Arend Lane 1: 0.018 0.051 0.055 0.089/012 0.121/014
Chad Head Lane 2: 0.080 0.082 0.057 0.044/000 0.043/001
Alexis DeJoria Lane 3: 0.018 0.047 0.542 2.063/189 5.606/274
Robert Hight Lane 4: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000/001 0.000/000
12:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.74 inches,
adjusted altitude 772 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.This is Head's third race of his career. He did not qualify at his first race in Gainesville earlier this year and qualified 13th in Las Vegas where he lost in the first round. It took his father Jim 158 races to get his first top qualifying spot. Hight lost in the first round of the first four-wide race in 2010, lost in the second round in 2011 and won the race last year. hight had only qualified number 16 once in his career until this year. He has now qualified 16th twice this year. DeJoria lost in the first round of this race last year. Arend has lost in the first round in 2010, 2011 and 2012. DeJoria has problems right off the line and the car noses over. Head runs the quickest ET but Hight gets the win with the better hole-shot. Arend was keeping pace but had problems near the end of the run. Finish Order & Margins: 1. Robert Hight was 0.0438 sec./about 20 feet ahead of 2. Chad Head, who was 0.078 sec./about 34 feet ahead of 3. Jeff Arend, who was 5.485 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. Alexis DeJoria Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish
Jeff Arend Lane 1: 0.018 0.051 0.055 0.089/012 0.121/014
Chad Head Lane 2: 0.080 0.082 0.057 0.044/000 0.043/001
Alexis DeJoria Lane 3: 0.018 0.047 0.542 2.063/189 5.606/274
Robert Hight Lane 4: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000/001 0.000/000
Order Car# Lane Driver Car Qual RT ET Speed 1. 2814 2 Matt Hagan, '13 Charger 6 0.090 4.057 314.09 2. 1 1 Jack Beckman, '13 Charger 3 0.106 4.186 285.95 3. 28 3 Ron Capps, '10 Charger 11 0.082 4.262 262.49 4. 302 4 Dale Creasy Jr., '06 Monte Carlo 14 NT-Broke Before StagingBeckman has ran this race three times. He won here in 2011 and lost in the second round in 2010 and 2012. Creasy lost in the first round of this race in 2011 and failed to qualify last year. Hagan made it to the finals in 2010, lost in the first round in 2011 and failed to make the field in 2012. Capps was in the finals in both 2010 and 2012. he lost in the first round in 2011. Creasy has problems after the burnout and is shut down. Capps gets off the line first but starts falling behind quickly. Hagan makes his quickest pass of the weekend and takes the win. Beckman slowed a little near the end of the run but hung on and will move to the next round. Finish Order & Margins: 1. Matt Hagan was 0.1455 sec./about 61 feet ahead of 2. Jack Beckman, who was 0.052 sec./about 20 feet ahead of 3. Ron Capps, who was Green ahead of 4. Dale Creasy Jr. who was Broke Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish
Jack Beckman Lane 1: 0.024 0.022 0.042 0.071/016 0.145/028
Matt Hagan Lane 2: 0.008 0.000 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/000
Ron Capps Lane 3: 0.000 0.008 0.027 0.060/027 0.197/052
Dale Creasy Jr. Lane 4: BrokeOrder Car# Lane Driver Car Qual RT ET Speed 1. 77 1 Bob Tasca III, '13 Mustang 7 0.100 4.152 307.44 2. 256 4 Blake Alexander, '10 Charger 10 0.106 4.193 300.86 3. 72 3 Tony Pedregon, '13 Camry 15 0.098 4.868 174.28 4. 9 2 John Force, '13 Mustang 2 0.149 7.331 92.86John Force won this race in 2010, lost in the second round in 2011 and was in the finals last year. Pedregon has lost in the first round in all three prior four-wide races. Tasca lost in the first round of this race in 2010, runnered-up in 2011 and lost in the second round last year. Alexander first ran this race lst year where he lost in the first round. Force goes up in smoke about 100 feet out and clicks it off. Pedregon's car was a little suggish early, then lost power late in the run. Tasca makes his quickest pass of the weekend and takes the win, his 100th round win of his career. Alexander goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move on to the next round. Finish Order & Margins: 1. Bob Tasca III was 0.0471 sec./about 21 feet ahead of 2. Blake Alexander, who was 0.667 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 3. Tony Pedregon, who was 2.514 sec./more than 100 feet ahead of 4. John Force Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish
Bob Tasca III Lane 1: 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/000
John Force Lane 2: 0.051 0.063 0.401 1.538/164 3.228/215
Tony Pedregon Lane 3: 0.000 0.038 0.126 0.248/064 0.714/133
Blake Alexander Lane 4: 0.008 0.007 0.016 0.028/007 0.047/007Order Car# Lane Driver Car Qual RT ET Speed 1. 4 4 Cruz Pedregon, '13 Camry 13 0.071 4.341 265.69 2. 8 3 Tim Wilkerson, '13 Mustang 4 0.119 4.373 232.71 3. 750 2 Del Worsham, '13 Camry 5 0.116 4.602 232.19 4. 5 1 Courtney Force, '13 Mustang 12 0.086 4.638 180.52This is Wilkerson's third four-wide race. In 2010 he lost in the second round, runnered-up in 2011 and lost in the first round last year. Pedregon was the runner-up here last year. He lost in the first round in 2010 and 2011. Worsham won this race in the Top Fuel class in 2011. Force lost in the first round last year. Worsham started hazing the tires about 200 feet out. Force got about 500 feet out, started losing traction and moving around. Pedregon makes his quickest pass of the weekend and takes the win. Wilkerson has problems late in the run but was able to hang on and move to the next round. Finish Order & Margins: 1. Cruz Pedregon was 0.0801 sec./about 27 feet ahead of 2. Tim Wilkerson, who was 0.226 sec./about 77 feet ahead of 3. Del Worsham, who was 0.006 sec./about 19 inches ahead of 4. Courtney Force Lane-by-lane time (seconds) and speed (mph) behind leader (or fastest) at each timing increment, (0.000 if leading, 000 if fastest):
Start 60 ft 330 ft 660 ft Finish
Courtney Force Lane 1: 0.015 0.027 0.039 0.021/013 0.312/085
Del Worsham Lane 2: 0.045 0.068 0.082 0.185/027 0.306/034
Tim Wilkerson Lane 3: 0.048 0.053 0.054 0.003/009 0.080/033
Cruz Pedregon Lane 4: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000/000 0.000/000In the next round it will be Hight, Head
Cruz Pedregon, and Wilkerson, Head with the lane choice. In the other quad it will be Tasca, Alexander, hagan, and
Beckman, Hagan with the lane choice.
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