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Fri, 16 Oct 2015, 21:10 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals 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:

Right Lane: Cory Lee Runs 4.076/310.05, Now #11; No Prior Run

7:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.62 inches, adjusted altitude 2,260 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.
Lee is making his first appearance this year at this race.

Lee moved around a little early in the run but never got out of the groove. He keeps the candles lit all the way through the run, makes a career best pass and moves into the 11th spot for now.

Right Lane: Brian Stewart No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.505/197.59, Was #15

Stewart was on a decent pass in the first round but the car ran out of power early.

Stewart leaves the line and starts drifting to the right. He stays on the throttle, keeps moving right and scrapes the wall just a little before he reaches the finish line and his run will not count.

Left Lane: Dave Richards Runs 10.109/76.38, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.491/89.42, Was #18
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.115/299.33, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.202/273.50, Was #14

Richards gets about 100 feet out, goes up in smoke and backs off the throttle quickly. Pedregon was on a decent pass but was off the throttle early, not sure why.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.969/318.09, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.198/297.48, Was #15
Right Lane: Chad Head Runs 5.196/141.80, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.074/300.53, Was #10

Head hits the throttle, gets about 300 feet out and the flames go out. DeJoria does it, going right down the groove with the first three second pass at this track and setting the track speed record in the process to take the top spot for now.

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 7.729/87.27, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.101/305.01, Was #13
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.968/320.13, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.058/292.20, Was #10

DeJoria's track records didn't last very long, Wilkerson goes right down the groove with a quicker and faster pass to take away the records and the top spot. Pedregon gets about 300 feet out, has traction problems and has to back off the throttle.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.921/323.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.058/315.12, Was #10
Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.941/325.14, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.057/314.24, Was #9

This was a great side-by-side, both right down the groove with three second passes. Hagan takes the track ET record and the top spot, Hight falls in right behind and takes the track speed record.

Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.942/324.67, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.050/311.05, Was #9
Right Lane: John Force Runs 3.960/320.28, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.053/313.37, Was #10

Another good side-by-side, two more three second passes, and DeJoria, with the first three second pass, has dropped all the way to the sixth spot and could drop even further before this session is done.

Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 7.193/88.26, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.043/311.77, Was #10
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.002/312.42, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.028/314.97, Was #8

Johnson had the quickest sixty foot time of the round, the second quickest to the 330 foot mark, but the performance fell off after that and doesn't make it to the three second range. Force gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and has to back off the throttle.

Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 3.917/323.58, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.041/312.28, Was #9
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.919/323.97, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.000/313.29, Was #7

It doesn't get much better than this, Worsham and Beckman leave the line together, are almost dead even at the 660 foot mark, then cross the finish line just .0038 seconds apart. Worsham takes the track ET record and moves into the top spot, Beckman gets in just behind in the second spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink