Fri, 26 Sep 2014, 17:30 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Brian Stewart No Time, Now #2
Right Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 4.371/245.67, Now #1

3:54 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.69 inches, adjusted altitude 2,807 feet, track temperature 115 degrees.

Creasy goes right down the groove with a decent pass. Stewart got out of the groove about 300 feet out, made a move to the left and brushed the wall.

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Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.156/300.80, Now #1
Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 5.178/147.01, Now #3

Diehl gets out of the groove, drifts to the left, but holds it off the wall with the quickest and fastest pass of his career. Arend gets about 300 feet out and goes up in smoke.

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Left Lane: Chad Head Runs 5.203/144.19, Now #4

Head gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and backs off the throttle.

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Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.815/170.19, Now #4
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.353/225.90, Now #2

Tasca gets about 600 feet out and strikes the tires. Beckman makes it a little further, starts hazing the tires and backs off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.165/302.69, Now #2
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.193/302.21, Now #3

Two good looking passes here, both right down the groove, tires stuck all the way through the runs. Pedregon moves into the second spot, Wilkerson in the third.

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Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.113/306.12, Now #1
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.297/251.25, Now #5

Worsham goes right down the groove with a clean pass to take the top spot from Diehl. Johnson is off the throttle about 900 feet out, not sure why.

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Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 8.310/83.67, Now #12
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.138/293.73, Now #2

DeJoria gets about 100 feet out, strikes the tires and gives up on the run quickly. Capps makes a clean pass and gets in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 4.131/305.91, Now #2
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.248/250.23, Now #7

Force makes a clean pass and gets in the second spot for now. Hagan was on a decent pass but started dropping cylinders about 700 feet out. He stays on the throttle, gets about 900 feet out and the engine grenades.

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Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.109/311.27, Now #1
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.594/191.43, Now #12

Hight goes right down the groove with an impressive pass to take the pole to end this session. Force was on a decent pass but struck the tires about 400 feet out and had to back off the throttle.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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