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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: Mike McIntire Runs 4.970/154.17, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.708/176.21, Was #9 2:13 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.64 inches, adjusted altitude 2,157 feet, track temperature 66 degrees.
McIntire got a couple hundred feet out when the rear tires broke loose and he clicked the car off. Left Lane: John Smith Runs 4.197/298.80, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.690/77.46, Was #16 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.047/311.05, Now #6; Best prior run: 12.067/67.57, Was #17 At the start of this run, Smith was sitting on the bump spot and Langdon was outside the field of 16. When it was done, Smith was in the number eight spot, Langdon in number six and John Force is on the bump spot at 8.116. Cruz Pedregon is outside the field, looking in. Left Lane: John Force Runs 4.011/258.71, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.116/79.95, Was #16 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 3.979/328.22, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.263/86.09, Was #17 Both drivers needed good runs in this session. Both got the runs they needed when they took their cars down groove. Mike Smith is on the bump spot now at 7.192 seconds, and Jonnie Lindberg is not in the field of 16. Left Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 3.937/318.09, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.338/89.29, Was #17 Right Lane: Mike Smith Runs 8.190/79.97, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.192/111.19, Was #16 Smith launched, shook the rear tires and clicked it off before 330 feet. Lindberg had a good run but looked like he might have had some engine trouble as he crossed the finish line. Lindberg put himself in the number five spot for now and Smith got bumped out of the field. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.876/331.77, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.761/133.10, Was #16 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.897/331.36, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.436/285.65, Was #13 Both drivers had clean runs down the groove to put themselves in the second and third spots in the order for now. Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.937/329.02, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.916/314.17, Was #6 Right Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 8.359/80.78, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.427/223.69, Was #14 Campbell's car jumped when he launched, shook the rear tires and he clicked it off. Todd's run looked good but was not as quick as in the first session yesterday. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.879/324.90, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.070/169.08, Was #16 Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.906/327.74, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.905/326.95, Was #5 Wilkerson got the run he needed to move from the number 16 spot in the order to number three for now. He jumped over Johnson and pushed Johnson down one spot, into the number six spot in the order. Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.917/331.20, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.898/335.32, Was #5 Tasca had a good, solid run but it was not as quick as he was last night. He'll stay where he was in the order. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.919/333.00, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.940/329.75, Was #9 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 7.221/93.26, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.837/339.28, Was #1 Capps' car shook the rear tires a couple hundred feet out and he clicked it off. Hagan had a strong run and moved up one spot in the order.
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