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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.781/173.32, Now #1 4:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,929 feet, track temperature 119 degrees. Arend has a cylinder out on the right side at the hit. The car starts pushing to the right, he starts getting close to wall and he backs off the throttle about 500 feet out. Right Lane: Blake Alexander No Time, Now #2 Alexander hits the throttle to do a burnout and bangs the blower. The chutes deploy and he coasts to a stop. Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.015/315.93, Now #1 Right Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 7.075/95.07, Now #3 Campbell gets about 200 feet out, hazed the tires and backed off the throttle. Lee make a a clean pass. Left Lane: Jonnie Lindberg Runs 4.127/237.84, Now #2 Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.289/216.03, Now #3 Lindberg hits the throttle and starts moving around. He gets about 400 feet out and the car noses over. Pedregon gets about 400 feet out, hazes the tires and clicks it off. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.322/212.69, Now #5 Right Lane: Shawn Langdon Runs 4.072/254.81, Now #2 Wilkerson looked like he may have been losing a cylinder or two at the hit. he gets about 400 feet out and clicks it off. Langdon was on a decent pass but he gets about 600 feet out and hazes the tires. Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 4.179/224.28, Now #5 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.068/267.96, Now #2 This was a pretty good side-by-side for about 700 feet. Johnson loses a cylinder around that point and the car noses over. Hagan made it a little further and is out of power. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.862 sec., 330ft-2.230, 660ft-3.188/251.20 mph. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.887 sec., 330ft-2.288, 660ft-3.228/271.30 mph. Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.947/327.27, Now #2 Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.933/316.82, Now #1 A good side-by-side, both right down the groove under full power all the way through the run. Tasca takes the top spot for now with Todd just behind in second. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.888 sec., 330ft-2.278, 660ft-3.201/280.25 mph. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.244, 660ft-3.171/279.38 mph. Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.047/273.27, Now #5 Right Lane: John Force Runs 3.879/333.16, Now #1 Force hits the throttle and starts drifting to the left. he stays on the throttle, drifts a little further left, but stays on the throttle and makes an impressive pass to take the top spot for now. Capps was on a decent pass, starts drifting to the right and makes a move toward the centerline. He gets about 800 feet out and has to back off of the throttle. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.250, 660ft-3.207/263.87 mph. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.238, 660ft-3.146/285.23 mph. Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.937/327.11, Now #3 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.979/271.73, Now #5 Hight was on a good pass but gets about 700 feet out, the rear of the car wags around and he backs off of the throttle. Beckman goes on through with a good pass and he gets in the third spot to end this session. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.257, 660ft-3.191/278.75 mph. Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.239, 660ft-3.156/277.66 mph.
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