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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st 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: Brandon Welch Runs 9.697/66.04, Now #16; Best prior run: 9.012/67.72, Was #16 8:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.42 inches, adjusted altitude 2,324 feet, track temperature 86 degrees. Welch hits
the throttle, rattles the tires and is off the throttle by the 200 foot mark. Left Lane: John Bojec Runs 4.260/229.55, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.231/221.82, Was #13 Right Lane: Dave Richards No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 8.605/81.58, Was #15 Bojec hits the throttle and the chutes come out. He drifts toward the centerline and the chutes take out the ET timing block voiding the time in the right lane. Richards hits the throttle, makes a move to the right and gives up on the run quickly. Left Lane: Chad Head Runs 8.536/69.98, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.957/322.42, Was #10 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 3.952/284.99, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.035/266.16, Was #12 Head rattles the tires off the line, drifts to the right, then backs off the throttle. Pedregon was drifting to the right all the way through the run, gets close to the wall and has to back off the throttle early. He still improves and moves up a couple of spots in the order. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 3.857/326.95, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.923/322.65, Was #9 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 9.227/73.72, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.961/321.96, Was #12 DeJoria gets about 100 feet out and the chutes come out, not sure why. Worsham goes right down the groove with a track ET record, the tenth quickest pass in history and takes the top spot for now. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 7.244/102.59, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.919/322.19, Was #9 Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.847/325.06, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.909/297.75, Was #8 Wilkerson gets about 200 feet out and was off the throttle. Johnson goes right down the groove with a good pass, taking the track ET record from Worsham, runs the fifth quickest pass in history, and moves into the top spot for now. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.843/333.66, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.908/326.00, Was #8 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.851/328.22, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.896/330.23, Was #7 Beckman goes right down the groove with a track record ET and speed, ties for the fourth quickest pass ever, and the sixth fastest pass ever to take the top spot. Hagan makes a good pass and makes the eighth quickest pass ever and moves up to the third spot. Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 3.854/321.65, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.895/323.50, Was #8 Right Lane: John Force Runs 7.389/93.45, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.873/329.02, Was #7 Courtney goes right down the groove, runs a career best and ties Jack Beckman for the ninth quickest pass ever to move up to the fourth spot. John Force goes up in smoke early and backs off the throttle. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.882/322.27, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.864/322.96, Was #6 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.839/332.02, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.870/329.34, Was #7 The hits continue. Hight goes right down the groove with a career best, the third quickest pass in history, and he takes the top spot. Capps makes a clean pass but drops a spot as Hight goes around him.
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