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BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Notes from round 4 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 65th annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. 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: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.046/298.14, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.949/291.13, Was #11 3:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,811 feet, track temperature 93 degrees. Racing has
been on hold here since 10:30 am, due to on and off precipitation. We are finally able to bring
cars to the track again. Jack Beckman is number one at 3.861 and Phil Burkart is on the bump spot
at 4.061. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.894/325.85, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.920/325.85, Was #9 Right Lane: Terry Haddock No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.774/83.46, Was #19 Haddock is not yet qualified and now has the crew chief tell him to shut it off. He will get one more chance later. The starting line crew is cleaning the track in his lane. Terry Haddock was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season. That will cost 5 points. Strong pass for Tasca. Clean leave and a full pull to move two positions up the ladder into the top half of the field in #7. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.155/283.01 mph. 3:06 p.m. A significant clean up has started in the right lane. Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.926/329.10, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.896/331.94, Was #8 Right Lane: Justin Schriefer Runs 4.028/306.26, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.005/317.94, Was #15 3:22 p.m. Back to qualifying! Hight made one good hit, so far, and struggled on his other two. He leaves hard and runs clean to the finish line to stay #8. Schriefer is second off the line and has the Charger move out of the groove and towards the wall down track. He gathers it back up and finishes the run to stay #15. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.268, 660ft-3.186/279.96 mph. Justin Schriefer's incremental times: 60ft-0.892 sec., 330ft-2.290, 660ft-3.244/269.78 mph. Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.999/299.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.900/325.30, Was #9 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.923/326.32, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.883/331.20, Was #5 Nice side by side runs. Neither driver will improve and Lee looked to have clicked it little early. Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.883 sec., 330ft-2.279, 660ft-3.216/275.34 mph. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.251, 660ft-3.178/280.37 mph. Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.000/263.51, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.887/330.63, Was #6 Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.909/319.82, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.368/200.71, Was #18 Johnson is running the local Riley Children's Hospital wrap on his Charger this weekend and is still not qualified after three attempts. He makes history on a clean pass into the #10 spot by pushing the bump spot into a new record low! Langdon runs well again and clicks it a tad early. He stays #6. Shawn Langdon's incremental times: 60ft-0.877 sec., 330ft-2.234, 660ft-3.156/279.73 mph. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.232, 660ft-3.155/279.79 mph. Left Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 8.365/76.15, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.164/300.06, Was #18 Right Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 3.984/320.43, Now #15; Best prior run: 3.989/282.01, Was #15 Justin Schriefer is on the bump spot at 4.005. Lindberg makes a strong pass with his best ET and speed of the weekend to stay #15. Campbell's Charger was a little weak early and then struck the tires before the 330 lights. Jonnie Lindberg's incremental times: 60ft-0.892 sec., 330ft-2.291, 660ft-3.230/275.90 mph. Left Lane: Phil Burkart Runs 4.047/305.08, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.061/285.53, Was #17 Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.023/320.89, Now #14; Best prior run: 3.982/320.20, Was #14 They leave close together and run that way to the finish line on clean passes. Burkart picks up a little and some good speed to stay #17 and Bode is faster to stay #14. Phil Burkart's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.303, 660ft-3.260/268.33 mph. Bob Bode's incremental times: 60ft-0.891 sec., 330ft-2.307, 660ft-3.260/272.39 mph. Left Lane: Ray Martin Runs 4.021/318.02, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.962/325.22, Was #13 Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.990/266.21, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.923/326.08, Was #11 Wilkerson leaves hard and runs well to after the 660 lights. The engine starts to get unhappy and drops cylinders. He wisely lifts and then engine goes bang with a ton of sparks out from underneath the Mustang. He gets it stopped safely on the top end. Tim Wilkerson was charged with an oildown, #2 for the season. That will cost 10 points. Martin makes his second full pass of the weekend, just a bit slower than his first one to stay #13. There is smoke from his engine in the light too. Ray Martin was charged with an oildown, #1 for the season. That will cost 5 points. Ray Martin's incremental times: 60ft-0.906 sec., 330ft-2.306, 660ft-3.258/270.70 mph. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.251, 660ft-3.162/281.07 mph. 3:37 p.m. Clean up in the right and left lanes! Left Lane: John Force Runs 3.920/316.52, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.876/332.67, Was #3 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.891/328.22, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.882/327.66, Was #4 3:52 p.m. Back to qualifying. It's four strong passes in a row for Force. A little off his best, but still a great looking run. Capps makes it three for four and posts the best ET and speed of the session, so far, to stay #4. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.247, 660ft-3.166/278.35 mph. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.236, 660ft-3.150/282.13 mph. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.911/326.40, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.861/330.07, Was #1 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.070/245.23, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.874/327.66, Was #2 The top two qualifiers, so far, at Team DSR Chargers. Beckman joins Force in the four for four group with another strong pass. Hagan is away away first and looked to be pulling away fr Beckman until the engine started to drop cylinders around the 660 lights and then slowed. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.248, 660ft-3.170/279.61 mph. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.222, 660ft-3.160/260.61 mph. 3:59 p.m. Justin Schriefer is on the bump spot at 4.005. Quickest field ever!!
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