Fri, 27 Oct 2017, 18:19 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Tim Gibbons Runs 15.520/66.20, Now #1

2:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.85 inches, adjusted altitude 4,813 feet, track temperature 113 degrees.

Gibbons car didn't sound very good on the burnout. He stages, the car idles off the line and he slowly goes down the track.

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Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.530/185.03, Now #1
Right Lane: Gary Densham No Time, Now #3

Densham hit the throttle for the burnout, he realized something was wrong and just kept going down the track.

Arend was mixing up cylinders early, gets about 800 feet out and the car noses over. He continues through the lights and comes to a stop in the shutdown area.

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Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.035/280.54, Now #1
Right Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.117/302.62, Now #2

Worsham was on a good pass for the first 800 feet. The car noses over at that point and he coasts through the lights. Campbell makes a clean pass and gets in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 3.937/322.50, Now #1
Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.807/168.66, Now #5

Lindberg goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the top spot for now. DeJoria made a move to the right, then back to the left, then she clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 3.919/329.26, Now #1
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.177/247.97, Now #5

Pedregon goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the top spot and run a career best speed.

Todd was on a decent pass but the car was out of power early.

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Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.029/302.55, Now #3
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.308/212.63, Now #7

Wilkerson put a cylinder out early and the car started pushing to the left. He stays on the throttle and still makes a decent pass. Johnson hazed the tires around half track and backed off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.013/302.82, Now #4
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.008/321.19, Now #3

Force was on a decent pass but he put a cylinder out about 500 feet out. Hagan made a clean pass and gets in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 8.006/77.86, Now #13
Right Lane: Courtney Force Runs 5.041/148.05, Now #12

Beckman gets about 200 feet out and sruck the tires. Force gets about 300 feet out, loses traction and backs off the throttle.

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Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 5.460/130.52, Now #14
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.916/325.06, Now #1

Capps goes right down the groove with a good pass and he takes the pole to end this session and pick up three more points to add to his points lead.

Hight gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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