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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 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 5.040/158.39, Now #16; No Prior Run 5:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.31 inches, adjusted altitude 3,174 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.
Welch skipped the first session today and is not officially in the show. Welch leaves the line
and starts drifting to the left. He gets close to the centerline about 600 feet out and backs off
the throttle. He will start from the 16th spot tomorrow. Left Lane: John Hale Runs 4.032/291.38, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.053/308.78, Was #14 Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 4.035/298.54, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.167/256.50, Was #15 A good side-by-side, they were glued together all the way through the run. Richards makes a career best pass but will stay in the 15th spot. Hale improves but not enough to move up in the order. Left Lane: Chad Head Runs 3.923/328.06, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.957/322.42, Was #11 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.911/319.37, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.960/322.65, Was #12 Head goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend but he stays in the 11th spot. DeJoria improves and moves up to the ninth spot. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.992/256.94, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.919/322.19, Was #10 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.703/172.19, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.952/284.99, Was #12 Pedregon makes it to the 330' timing marker and hazes the tires. Wilkerson makes it about 700 feet, hazes the tires and backs off the throttle. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.881/323.81, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.864/322.96, Was #7 Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.563/179.59, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.867/330.39, Was #8 Force gets about 500 feet out, hazes the tires and backs off the throttle. Capps makes a clean, straight pass, the quickest of the round so far, but he doesn't improve and stays in the seventh spot. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 6.089/112.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.857/326.95, Was #6 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.864/331.85, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.851/328.22, Was #4 Worsham makes a move to the right, he tries to get it back in the groove, then breaks the tires loose about 300 feet out. Hagan goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 3.868/324.05, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.854/321.65, Was #5 Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 8.661/76.31, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.847/325.06, Was #3 Johnson rattles the tires at the hit, gets about 100 feet out and gives up on the run. Force goes right down the groove with a clean pass but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.977/286.19, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.843/333.66, Was #2 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.887/326.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.839/332.02, Was #1 Hight makes another good, consistent pass but doesn't improve. This is the second time this year Hight has qualified in the top spot and the 49th time in his career. He will face Welch in the first round tomorrow. Beckman makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. He will start from
the second spot tomorrow and will take on Richards in the first round tomorrow.
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