Fri, 30 Oct 2015, 21:16 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota 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: Gary Densham Runs 4.050/311.41, Now #9; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 5.107/156.06, Now #16; No Prior Run

5:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 27.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,923 feet, track temperature 85 degrees.

Densham makes a clean, straight pass, the quickest of his career, and he moves up to the ninth spot for now. Haddock was on a decent pass but the car noses over about 700 feet out, not sure why.

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Left Lane: Brandon Welch Runs 5.398/141.43, Now #18; Best prior run: 22.092/143.54, Was #20
Right Lane: Tim Gibbons Runs 4.650/192.63, Now #15; Best prior run: 13.362/63.45, Was #19

Gibbons was on a decent pass but blows the engine about 700 feet out. he starts drifting to the right, gets past the finish line and scrapes the wall.

Welch gets about 330 feet out and the flames go out, not sure why.

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Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 3.933/325.77, Now #1; Best prior run: 8.340/78.40, Was #19
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 7.989/75.99, Now #20; Best prior run: 10.374/78.61, Was #20

Force goes right down the groove with an impressive pass, the quickest of her career and a track record, and she moves into the top spot for now. Pedregon gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and backs off the throttle.

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Left Lane: John Hale Runs 8.534/75.42, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.191/289.82, Was #15
Right Lane: Chad Head Runs 3.976/310.77, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.693/172.56, Was #17

Hale rattles the tires off the line and is off the throttle early. Head goes right down the groove with a clean pass and moves up to the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: John Bojec Runs 5.489/128.71, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.156/298.67, Was #15
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 8.108/84.24, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.145/242.71, Was #14

Capps gets about 150 feet out, rattles the tires and backs off the throttle. Bojec left the line, made a move towards the right, then pulled the wheels and had to back off the throttle.

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Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.984/319.22, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.025/318.84, Was #10
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.571/125.56, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.109/292.14, Was #13

Pedregon goes up in smoke early and has to give up on the run. DeJoria was drifting to the right all the way through the run but never backs off the throttle. She improves and moves up to the sixth spot.

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Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 7.345/93.86, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.010/322.58, Was #8
Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 5.352/134.44, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.080/310.91, Was #12

Hagan gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke. Lee gets a little further, strikes the tires and makes a little move to the right before giving up on the run.

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Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.044/256.21, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.999/322.19, Was #7
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.013/317.94, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.022/317.87, Was #10

Worsham starts drifting to the right, makes a quick move to the centerline and has to back off the throttle early. Worsham was drifting to the left and had to back off the throttle a little early.

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Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.937/314.90, Now #2; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 7.884/72.24, Now #9; No Prior Run

Hight goes right down the groove, header flames high and steady all the way through the run, and he gets in the second spot right behind Courtney Force. Beckman had a quicker sixty foot time but struck the tires about 300 feet out and had to gie up on the run.

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Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.931/320.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.967/317.79, Was #3
Right Lane: John Force Runs 7.901/80.46, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.980/321.50, Was #5

Johnson makes another good pass, setting the track ET record and taking the top spot to end the session. Force had traction problems early and backed off the throttle.

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