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NORWALK, Ohio - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA 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: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.107/302.96, Now #5; Best prior run: 9.881/71.18, Was #16 Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.179/299.40, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.543/195.90, Was #15 8:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 3,028 feet, track temperature 95 degrees. Pedregon had problems in the first round and did
not make a full pass. no problems here right down the groove, header flames high and steady all the way through the run.
Alexander made a decent pass and moved up one spot to 14th. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 9.970/45.86, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.204/300.33, Was #16 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.124/281.07, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.192/302.62, Was #15 Tasca gets about 200 feet out, the car noses over, then the chutes come out. DeJoria was on a good run but header flames went out about 900 feet out.She still improves and moves up to the seventh spot for now. Left Lane: Jeff Arend No Time, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.150/303.50, Was #14 Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 4.061/312.64, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.148/305.08, Was #13 Arend does his burnout, starts pulling forward to stage and has something leaking from the engine. Gray drifted a little to the left but he stayed on the throttle all the way through the run and took the top spot for now. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.040/316.82, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.145/306.74, Was #11 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.082/309.98, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.147/301.07, Was #13 Capps goes right down the middle of the track and makes the quickest pass of the day so far to take the top spot. Wilkerson improves and moves up to the third spot...for now. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.021/317.72, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.139/306.53, Was #11 Right Lane: Chad Head Runs 4.065/305.29, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.146/307.72, Was #13 Another good side-by-side, both right down the groove. Force moves to the top spot setting the track ET and speed records in the process. Head improves and moves up to the fourth spot. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.115/310.27, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.119/308.35, Was #11 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 9.243/82.75, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.142/306.46, Was #13 Beckman gets about 60 feet out, loses traction and has to back off the throttle. Worsham makes a decent pass but doesn't move up in the order. Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 7.433/75.90, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.106/312.86, Was #9 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 10.354/57.11, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.091/303.43, Was #7 Force has a good sixty foot time, a .902, but gets about 100 feet out and goes up in smoke. Pedregon gets about 100 feet out, loses traction and backs off the throttle. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.071/313.29, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.105/308.64, Was #8 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.030/318.77, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.088/312.93, Was #6 Hight makes a good run here, his quickest and fastest of the year, and he moves up to the second spot. Hagan makes a clean pass and moves up to the sixth spot.
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