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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Right Lane: Tim Gibbons Runs 5.448/137.96, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.184/114.67, Was #19 5:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.78 inches, adjusted altitude 4,576 feet, track temperature 95 degrees. Gibbons leaves the line, gets about 400 feet out and the candles go out, not sure why. Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.075/303.71, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.530/185.03, Was #17 Right Lane: Jeff Diehl No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.641/189.98, Was #18 Arend goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show in the 15th spot, bumping out Bode. Diehl goes for a wild ride. He starts moving left, crosses the centerline, taking out the 594 and 660 foot blocks along the way, and falls in behind Arend in the left lane. Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.274/294.37, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.257/275.28, Was #17 Right Lane: Jim Campbell No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.089/313.00, Was #16 Bode makes a decent pass but doesn't improve and will not make the show. Campbell gets out of the groove, makes a move to the left, then takes out the same two timing blocks as Diehl. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 7.315/139.21, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.029/302.55, Was #14 Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.922/325.77, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.021/286.74, Was #13 Wilkerson goes up in smoke at the hit and he has to give up on the run quickly. Johnson goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the seventh spot. Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 6.702/101.41, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.953/287.60, Was #12 Worsham hits the throttle, gets about 300 feet out and goes up in smoke. Left Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 3.916/279.27, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.937/322.50, Was #11 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.882/330.15, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.929/330.88, Was #10 Hagan goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the fourth spot. lindberg was on a good pass, .03 quicker at the 660 foot mark than Hagan and was going 285 MPH, but the candles went out early and he slowed near the end of the run. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.846/160.96, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.928/328.14, Was #11 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.926/323.04, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.927/326.71, Was #10 DeJoria keeps the candles lit all the way through the run but she doesn't improve. Force was quicker to sixty feet and 330 feet, then the slicks break lose and he has to back off the throttle. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 13.055/66.06, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.897/329.67, Was #6 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.896/326.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.916/325.06, Was #7 Pedregon hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Capps goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the sixth spot in the order. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 9.785/85.09, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.880/329.99, Was #3 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.688/174.68, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.884/330.23, Was #5 Hight goes up in smoke at the hit and is off the throttle quickly. Todd gets about 500 feet out, goes up in smoke and has to abort the run. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.854/335.57, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.867/329.50, Was #1 Right Lane: Courtney Force Runs 9.786/77.94, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.878/331.77, Was #2 Beckman goes right down the groove with an impressive run, setting both ends of the track record. Force goes up in smoke early and aborts the run. Beckman takes the top spot for only the second time this season and the 22nd time in his career.
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