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Sat, 15 May 2021, 15:10 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2
By Rick Green





CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide 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:
Lane 1: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.886/123.75, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.906/84.28, Was #14
Lane 2: Blake Alexander Runs 4.057/309.27, Now #5; Best prior run: 8.230/74.94, Was #11
Lane 3: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.952/320.05, Now #3; Best prior run: 8.615/51.30, Was #13
Lane 4: John Force Runs 3.904/328.30, Now #1; Best prior run: 14.300/70.63, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 1,636 feet.

Pedregon started to lose traction early and clicked it off.

Alexander is straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.292, 660ft-3.272/264.18 mph.

Wilkerson kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.877 sec., 330ft-2.256, 660ft-3.195/275.84 mph.

Force launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.163/284.03 mph.

Lane 1: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.013/324.05, Now #4; Best prior run: 8.228/91.12, Was #14
Lane 2: J.R. Todd Runs 4.074/307.72, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.996/81.66, Was #12
Lane 3: Jim Campbell Runs 4.125/287.29, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.542/68.16, Was #15
Lane 4: Terry Haddock Runs 4.215/298.80, Now #9; Best prior run: 12.460/77.35, Was #16

Tasca III with good, clean pass to go to the number four spot. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.304, 660ft-3.256/275.22 mph.

Todd moves into the top half of the show... J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.309, 660ft-3.285/264.03 mph.

Campbell with good pass and then past the finis line and before the 1320-foot mark he crossed the centerline. The run will stand, but it will cost him ten points. Jim Campbell's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.332, 660ft-3.309/260.76 mph.

Haddock gets off the bubble with a good clean pass. Terry Haddock's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.391/251.20 mph.

Lane 1: Ron Capps Runs 3.946/318.54, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.676/84.83, Was #14
Lane 2: Robert Hight Runs 5.828/118.15, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.366/90.89, Was #12
Lane 3: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 6.104/112.87, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.788/89.52, Was #15
Lane 4: Cory Lee Runs 4.423/230.92, Now #11; Best prior run: 8.168/77.53, Was #16

Capps with a good looking pass to go to the number three spot. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.186/276.07 mph.

Hight started to haze the tires and clicked it off.

Creasy Jr. lost traction and clicked it off.

Lee clicked it off early, but still gets off the bump spot.

Lane 1: Dave Richards Runs 4.044/308.57, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.857/90.88, Was #15
Lane 2: Mike McIntire Runs 4.340/219.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.019/313.15, Was #6
Lane 3: Matt Hagan Runs 4.128/247.07, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.584/87.52, Was #16
Lane 4: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.085/272.83, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.930/301.74, Was #2

Richards is straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Dave Richards' incremental times: 60ft-0.904 sec., 330ft-2.298, 660ft-3.261/268.28 mph.

McIntire starts to lose traction and clicks it off.

Hagan clicked it off early, but still gets off the bubble.

DeJoria with a clean pass, but will stand on her run from yesterday.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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