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MORRISON, Colo. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Mile-High 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: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.800/248.93, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.738/248.43, Was #17 6:21 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 24.16 inches, adjusted altitude 9,493 feet, track temperature 78 degrees. Diehl had a cylinder out early and his car labored down the track. Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.360/283.55, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.593/214.83, Was #15 Todd Simpson was scheduled to be in the right lane but his team decided to tow the car back to the pits after seeing they had made the show. Arend was trailing heavy smoke at the finish. Jeff Arend's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec.,
330ft-2.465, 660ft-3.503/246.48 mph. Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.448/276.46, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.532/275.28, Was #15 Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 6.982/89.88, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.171/304.74, Was #11 Tasca was up in smoke at about 250 feet. Haddock improves but not enough to move up the ladder. Terry Haddock's
incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.520, 660ft-3.582/242.41 mph. Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 4.669/183.64, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.316/276.13, Was #13 Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 4.187/296.76, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.168/304.74, Was #10 Force got loose just past the 330-foot mark and she was almost sideways at 600 feet when she lifted. A good looking pass for Gray. Johnny Gray's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.385, 660ft-3.377/261.12 mph. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 5.635/128.63, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.171/299.93, Was #12 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.934/162.16, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.152/300.33, Was #8 Worsham smoked the tires at about 250 feet and Capps smoked the tires at about 400 feet. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.201/302.35, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.158/309.63, Was #9 Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 5.626/125.09, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.124/299.86, Was #5 Pedregon struck the tires at about 300 feet. A trouble-free pass for Hagan. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.932
sec., 330ft-2.388, 660ft-3.395/258.47 mph. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 7.238/87.94, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.144/306.95, Was #7 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 5.429/134.75, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.122/307.02, Was #4 Hight struck the tires at about 200 feet and DeJoria did the same at about 400 feet. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.127/308.99, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.140/307.09, Was #6 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 8.342/83.24, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.114/296.37, Was #3 Wilkerson had severe tire shake starting at about 100 feet and he lifted. Force runs the quickest pass of this session. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.906 sec., 330ft-2.346, 660ft-3.332/262.03 mph. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.149/291.89, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.073/307.37, Was #1 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.678/189.87, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.097/309.91, Was #2 Beckman started skating around just past the 330-foot mark and he lifted. Pedregon was off the throttle just before the finish. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.331, 660ft-3.330/257.78 mph.
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