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Sat, 01 Oct 2022, 19:31 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Midwest 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: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.890/331.20, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.408/198.82, Was #11
Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.914/332.67, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.076/95.56, Was #15

5:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 1,385 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Tasca goes down the groove with his first full pass of the weekend and he moves up to the third spot for now. DeJoria is able to make a full pass and moves up to the seventh spot for now.

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.871 sec., 330ft-2.244, 660ft-3.155/283.43 mph.

Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.267, 660ft-3.178/283.61 mph.

Left Lane: Bobby Bode No Time, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.189/228.85, Was #12

Bode hits the throttle, gets about 20 feet out, the tires break loose and he bangs the blower.

Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 6.666/95.16, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.989/309.84, Was #10
Right Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.358/210.41, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.497/191.10, Was #13

Todd gets about 300 feet out and the flames die, not sure why. Campbell gets about 500 feet out, made a move to the left, and he backs off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 6.571/107.17, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.941/323.66, Was #9

Alexander hits the throttle, gets about 150 feet out and goes up in smoke.

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.266/210.34, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.897/331.36, Was #6
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.978/288.03, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.928/324.59, Was #8

Pedregon was on a decent pass, then gets about 500 feet out and he strikes the tires. Wilkerson leaves the line, gets about 700 feet out, starts hazing the tires and makes a move to the right. He backs off of the throttle and goes through the lights.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.867/335.48, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.896/334.98, Was #5
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.863/331.94, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.893/329.58, Was #4

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good passes. Hagan makes his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the fourth spot. Capps goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the third spot.

Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.861 sec., 330ft-2.227, 660ft-3.138/285.47 mph.

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.866 sec., 330ft-2.224, 660ft-3.131/283.67 mph.

Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.900/328.70, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.853/336.32, Was #1
Right Lane: John Force Runs 3.908/319.52, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.853/334.15, Was #2

Hight goes down the groove with a good pass but he doesn't improve. Force started moving around late in the run, first to the left, then back to the right, and he gets very close to the wall just after he crosses the centerline.

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.870 sec., 330ft-2.245, 660ft-3.159/283.67 mph.

John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.225, 660ft-3.147/274.27 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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