Fri, 27 Sep 2019, 17:30 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 4.695/174.35, Now #1

3:59 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 94 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.25 inches, adjusted altitude 3,898 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Creasy was on a decent pass but gets about 400 feet out and the engine goes silent, not sure why.

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Left Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.212/275.11, Now #2
Right Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 3.989/319.29, Now #1

Lindberg goes down the groove with a clean, straight pass to take the top spot for now. Bode was with him for the first 600 feet or so but had problems near the end of the run and fell back.

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Left Lane: Blake Alexander No Time, Now #5
Right Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.038/314.90, Now #2

Alexander has a problem with the throttle on the burnout and did not make a pass. Campbell goes down the groove with a good pass to start the weekend.

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Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.047/314.97, Now #3

Pedregon's car was moving around late in the run but he stays on the throttle and makes a decent pass to get in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.774/169.74, Now #7
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.383/206.80, Now #5

Langdon puts out a cylinder, drifts to the left, gets about 400 feet out and clicks it off. Wilkerson gets a little further and the car noses over.

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Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.958/325.30, Now #1
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.037/317.79, Now #3

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good passes. Tasca makes the quickest pass so far and takes the tops pot for now. Todd starts off the weekend with a clean pass to get in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.558/193.93, Now #9
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.273/216.76, Now #7

Hagan gets out of the groove, gets close to the wall about 500 feet out and he has to back off the throttle. Johnson puts out a cylinder in the middle of the run and has to click it off early.`

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Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.063/150.13, Now #13
Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.974/324.28, Now #2

Capps gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and aborts the run. Hight goes down the groove with a good pass and gets in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: John Force Runs 3.999/319.98, Now #4
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 5.221/142.67, Now #15

Force goes down the groove with a clean pass and gets in the fourth spot. Beckman goes up in smoke about 400 feet out and has to give3 up on the run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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