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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th 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: Left Lane: Jon Capps Runs 5.119/146.16, Now #16; No Prior Run Right Lane: Anthony Begley Runs 5.460/164.35, Now #17; No Prior Run 4:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 27.73 inches, adjusted altitude 4,390 feet, track temperature 84 degrees. This is Begley's first NHRA event. Begley leaves the line, gets about 300 feet out and loses traction. He
pedals, can't get the slicks ti bite, then gives up on the run. Capps was on a decent pass but
looks like he may have hurt the engine about 600 feet out. Left Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.083/308.50, Now #11; No Prior Run Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 6.931/81.19, Now #21; Best prior run: 12.639/70.94, Was #22 Beckman gets about 300 feet out, the engine goes silent and the chutes come out. Densham goes right down the groove with a good pass and he moves up to the 11th spot for now. Left Lane: Phil Burkart Runs 4.377/285.77, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.221/73.37, Was #23 Right Lane: Brandon Welch Runs 10.968/27.65, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.190/86.23, Was #22 Welch has problems and is off the throttle early. Burkart makes a good pass and moves up to the 14th spot. Left Lane: John Force Runs 3.876/331.94, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.540/100.00, Was #20 Right Lane: Courtney Force Runs 6.718/101.76, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.735/97.47, Was #21 John Force goes right down the groove with an impressive pass , setting both ends of the track record, running a career best speed, and going to the top spot. Courtney has traction problems about 300 feet out and gives up on the run. Left Lane: Dave Richards No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.235/279.50, Was #14 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.909/326.32, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.614/177.79, Was #17 DeJoria goes right down the groove with a good pass and moves up to the fourth spot for now. Richards started drifting to the right early in the run. He tries to steer it back to the groove but takes out the timing block at the end of the run. Left Lane: John Hale Runs 4.833/166.85, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.056/311.77, Was #13 Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.986/312.13, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.580/185.72, Was #17 Lee goes right down the groove with a career best ET and he moves up to the ninth spot. Hale got pushed out of the groove and had to back off the throttle early. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 3.895/325.69, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.028/249.16, Was #11 Right Lane: John Bojec Runs 3.990/316.23, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.205/231.40, Was #16 Worsham starts drifting to the right at the hit. He stays on the throttle and crosses over into the other lane after he crosses the finish line. Bojec went right down the groove, improving to the 11th spot, then drifted toward the wall after the finish line. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.888/324.36, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.888/324.36, Was #3 Right Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.023/293.03, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.023/293.03, Was #13 Wilkerson makes a good pass but had green flames coming out of the right side header all the way through the run. He improves and moves all the way to the third spot. Campbell improves and moves up a spot in the order. Left Lane: Chad Head Runs 3.932/322.11, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.923/326.24, Was #9 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.256/217.07, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.952/318.99, Was #10 Head makes a clean, straight pass but doesn't improve. Pedregon was on a good pass but the flames went out about 600 feet out and the car nosed over. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.881/326.71, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.897/315.05, Was #5 Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 5.263/138.46, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.922/321.88, Was #8 Capps goes right down the groove with the second quickest pass of the round so far and he moves up to the second spot in the order. Johnson has traction problems about 500 feet out and was off the throttle early. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.872/329.18, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.882/326.95, Was #3 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.885/312.28, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.913/323.81, Was #7 Hagan goes right down the groove with an impressive pass, takes the track record back, and goes to the top spot in the order. Hight was on a good pass, in front of Hagan at the 660 foot mark, but lost power a little early. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.877 sec.,
330ft-2.232, 660ft-3.135/285.11 mph.
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