Fri, 18 Sep 2015, 19:04 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual NHRA Carolina 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:

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Left Lane: John Hale Runs 5.081/154.83, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.198/272.94, Was #11
Right Lane: Chad Head Runs 11.640/56.91, Now #15; Best prior run: 10.440/69.10, Was #15

6:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 29.23 inches, adjusted altitude 3,474 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

Head went up in smoke at the hit and had to give up on the run quickly. Hale was mixing up cylinders early and finally has to give up on the run about 700 feet out.

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Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 4.080/303.30, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.114/302.75, Was #10
Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 8.311/86.37, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.714/74.80, Was #14

DeJoria has traction problems off the line and is off the throttle early. Force had a cylinder out late in the run but was able to improve and move up a few spots in the order.

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Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.004/313.80, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.083/306.26, Was #9

Force is racing the Jeff Gordon tribute car this weekend. He goes right down the groove on this one and moves all the way to the top spot for now.

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Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 9.604/77.18, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.079/301.33, Was #8
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.003/318.32, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.091/301.67, Was #10

Pedregon goes up in smoke at the hit and backs off the throttle. Wilkerson goes right down the groove and takes the top spot from Force.

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Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.004/313.95, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.069/305.98, Was #7
Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 3.993/318.32, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.072/299.66, Was #8

...and the hits keep coming. This was a good side-by-side, both right down the groove, header flames high and steady all the way through the run. Worsham moves into the top spot, Hight ties Force but bumps him down a notch with the faster speed.

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Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.971/312.42, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.047/310.20, Was #7
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.015/314.02, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.063/302.89, Was #8

Johnson goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the day so far and takes the top spot for now. Hagan makes a decent pass and moves up to the sixth spot.

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Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.022/304.60, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.027/307.86, Was #8
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.994/317.34, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.018/303.64, Was #7

Capps started this session in the top spot and has been bumped all the way down to seventh. He makes a good run here and gets back up to the third spot. Beckman makes a decent pass but banged the blower just after he went through the lights. He improves a little but not enough to move up in the order.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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