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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual Auto-Plus 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: John Bojec Runs 5.029/155.52, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.063/320.20, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.070/313.22, Was #8 1:32 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,070 feet. This is Bojec's first national event in a Funny Car. he did not make the provisional field of 12
after yesterday's qualifying sessions. His car started to drift toward the center line at mid track, so he backed off the throttle
to keep from crossing over. Capps took his car stright down his lane to move up two spots in the order. Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.474/273.22, Now #13; No Prior Run Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 7.787/79.32, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.069/313.58, Was #8 Pedregon launched and had some tire shake about 100 feet out. He pedaled the car once, got the car hooked up and put himself into the field for now. Beckman had a cleaner start but then started to shake and smoke the rear tires before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 6.816/92.21, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.065/316.01, Was #7 Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.216/270.64, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.046/318.24, Was #3 Johnson smoked the rear tires about 200 feet out. Force's car started to lose some cylinders at midtrack. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.602/219.97, Now #15; No Prior Run Right Lane: Chad Head Runs 4.088/309.34, Now #10; No Prior Run Neither driver made the provisional field after yesterday's qualifying sessions. Tasca had a good looking run to mid track, then his car got a little loose and drifted out of the groove. He pedaled the throttle and was quick enough to get into the number 15 spot in the order for now. Head had a clean, straight run to put himself into the field. Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 5.352/136.47, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.108/305.29, Was #13 Right Lane: Mike Smith No Time, Now #18; No Prior Run Smith did his burnout but could not back up. His crew pushed the car back to the staging area, but Smith just shut his car down. Reports are that they were having trouble with the clutch pedal. Force ran strong to mid track, the hazed the rear tires. Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 7.769/84.89, Now #17; No Prior Run Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 5.067/149.20, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.090/314.46, Was #11 Diehl lost a cylinder coming off the starting line. He got out to about 300 feet, then shook the rear tires hard and clicked it off. Wilkerson got to mid track, then shook the rear tires on his car and shut down. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 6.559/101.61, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.053/318.17, Was #5 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 5.579/127.04, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.087/307.02, Was #9 Hight made it to the 60-foot market in 0.892 seconds, the shook the rear tires hard right after that. DeJoria got out to about 300 feet, then clicked her car off. Both are safely in the field. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.700/174.19, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.046/316.15, Was #4 Worsham had a single run because Jeff Arend decided not to make a pass in this session. Worsham's car looked like it was running well, then he clicked it off at mid track. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.397/135.13, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.991/319.52, Was #1 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 5.089/148.61, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.008/321.50, Was #2 Both cars got out to about 300 feet, both hazed the rear tires and both shut their cars off. That's it for the third qualifying session.
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