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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 53rd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals 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: Tim Gibbons Runs 17.653/73.20, Now #19; No Prior Run 1:10 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 28.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,823 feet, track temperature 106 degrees. Jack
Beckman is number one at 3.835 and Jim Campbell is on the bump spot at 7.779. Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.946/325.53, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.319/82.60, Was #18 Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 10.290/82.09, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.140/252.90, Was #10 I'm told that Todd's Q1 issues were a broken drive line at the green. Nothing wrong this time, as the Camry powers off the line and makes a clean and straight pass into the top half of the field i the #6 spot. Nice pass... Arend has to lift and coast, as the tires are smoking right at the green. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.274, 660ft-3.200/280.14 mph. Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 5.276/132.06, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.887/314.31, Was #3 Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 3.993/320.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.968/319.07, Was #9 Cruz Pedregon is on the bump spot at 7.748. Densham makes another strong pass until right in the lights, where the blower blows loose on the top of the motor. There is a little fire, but nothing serious. He will stay #9 with a lot of work to do before session four. TJ had a strong leave, but the tires were loose just past the 60 foot clocks. Gary Densham's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.296, 660ft-3.231/273.77 mph. 1:20 p.m. Time for some dusting and cleaning on the top end. Left Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.786/172.67, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.779/84.77, Was #17 Right Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 4.305/279.67, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.119/87.17, Was #14 1:27 p.m. Back to qualifying. Lindberg has a good start and then has to do a quick pedal slap. He gathers it back up and finishes the pass without further drama. Good enough for two spots on the ladder to #12. Campbell leaves well and runs to near the 330 lights before striking the tires. He coasts o down and still moves into the field in #14. Jonnie Lindberg's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.297, 660ft-3.392/209.95 mph. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.933/328.62, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.606/91.30, Was #16 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.380/207.72, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.748/85.82, Was #17 Pedregon's Camry starts to get loose about 400 feet out and he lifts. He has enough inertia to move into the field in #15. Hagan is clean and straight to the finish line to move ten positions up the ladder to the top half of the field in #6. Great pass for the conditions. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.260, 660ft-3.189/279.50 mph. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.399/270.10, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.801/85.35, Was #18 Right Lane: John Force Runs 3.935/327.51, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.955/316.60, Was #8 Jim Campbell is on the bump spot at 4.786. Hight is still not the field after two passes. He leaves hard and looked to be on a great pass until right at the 330 lights, where the slicks come loose. He pedals and finishes the pass to just get on the current ladder in #16. Force gets a better tune up this time and is able to move up a spot into #7. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.254, 660ft-3.464/208.42 mph. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.272, 660ft-3.192/280.78 mph. Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 5.616/127.96, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.107/296.31, Was #11 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 5.356/134.75, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.913/327.74, Was #5 Two broken runs. Wilkerson is away first and then has the Mustang start to pull towards the centerline. He gives it up. Diehl's Solara is up in smoke before the 330 lights. Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.037/317.05, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.692/125.80, Was #18 Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 3.978/322.65, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.358/204.17, Was #14 Bode can bump Hight out on this run. And he does with a near career best ET and a career best speed. Worsham finally gets a representative pass and moves away from the bump up into the #11 spot. Bob Bode's incremental times: 60ft-0.894 sec., 330ft-2.321, 660ft-3.271/272.83 mph. Del Worsham's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.292, 660ft-3.225/277.32 mph. Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 6.267/106.92, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.894/331.94, Was #4 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.897/328.22, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.956/322.19, Was #9 Capp already is looking for more "Little Points" and is likely not too unhappy with Hight's situation. He does his part and Tobler did his and the NAPA Charger powers right up the ladder four spots to #5. DeJoria's Camry leaves hard and then there is a pop from the engine. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.242, 660ft-3.157/281.19 mph. Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 3.873/331.61, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.871/334.57, Was #2 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.249/220.40, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.835/334.98, Was #1 Force flies off the line and powers on down the track to make the best run of the session. She stays #2, but a great pass for the conditions. Beckman got away first, but was coasting right before the 660 lights. Courtney Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.238, 660ft-3.142/285.89 mph. 1:47 p.m. Jack Beckman stays number one at 3.835 and Cruz Pedregon is on the bump spot at 4.380.
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