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Fri, 28 Oct 2022, 20:07 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Gerard

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual NHRA Nevada 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: Jason Rupert Runs 7.395/98.77, Now #16; No Prior Run

4:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 8 percent, barometer 30.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,897 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Robert Hight is number one at 3.857 and Chad Green is on the bump spot at 7.930.

Rupert's crew straightened out their first session problems and he stages and nails the throttle. The Mustang gets out about 100 feet and shakes, rattles, and smokes. He shuts it off and coasts on down to get in on the bump spot.

Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 6.459/101.68, Now #16; Best prior run: 9.688/80.60, Was #18
Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.553/194.83, Now #12; No Prior Run

This is Diehl's first attempt to qualify.

No joy for either driver.

Diehl is away first and has his Camry start to drift towards the center line. There is fire coming out of the left front wheel well and he lifts and stops way down track, The Safety Safari is quickly there.

Arend has his own traction problems and is coasting early. He still has enough momentum to take the new bump spot.

Jeff Arend's incremental times: 60ft-0.899 sec., 330ft-2.487, 660ft-4.304/117.42 mph.
Jeff Diehl's incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.333, 660ft-3.402/210.64 mph.

Left Lane: Bobby Bode No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.759/149.05, Was #14
Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 3.941/321.19, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.930/56.94, Was #19

Bode's motor goes silent at the end of his burnout and the parachutes are laying on the track. He is out of the Mustang and over the all quickly.

Green has his ducks in a row this time and makes a strong pass to move up to #9. The Mustang drifts towards the center line down track, but he keeps it in his lane.

Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.270, 660ft-3.190/280.54 mph.

Left Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 7.676/85.30, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.972/320.97, Was #11
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.589/178.35, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.671/107.04, Was #18

Force gets a big head start and runs hard until before the 660 lights, where the tires shake loose and he has to lift again

Campbell's Charger has the tires smoking right after the 60 foot lights.

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 6.963/102.64, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.945/318.77, Was #10
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 3.944/288.89, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.926/157.26, Was #17

Alexander powers off the line and runs hard until after the 660 foot lights here it starts to slow. The incrementals show a much better ET, if he had made it to the 1000 foot lights, but it gets in in the show for today in the current #13 spot.

No joy for Pedregon, as his Charger has the slicks loose and smoking before the 330 lights.

Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-0.868 sec., 330ft-2.240, 660ft-3.156/278.92 mph.

Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.933/321.35, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.941/330.72, Was #8
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.958/157.06, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.596/181.96, Was #16

Lee has a clean pass and picks up a spot to #7.

Haddock ran hard until after the 660 lights and then lifted early.

Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.878 sec., 330ft-2.263, 660ft-3.183/280.72 mph.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 6.863/100.47, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.922/325.69, Was #5

Densham was supposed to be in the right lane, but the fire damage from session one was too much for the team to make the call.

DeJoria has a strong leave and then lifts before the 330 lights to stay #5.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.353/199.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.898/333.25, Was #3
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.870/333.33, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.938/329.26, Was #8

The left lane claims another victim, as Hagan;s Charger is loose down rack and coasting.

Great run for Todd to move five spots up the ladder into the top four.

J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.241, 660ft-3.140/286.98 mph.

Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 5.699/122.11, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.865/330.80, Was #2
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.912/326.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.932/328.86, Was #7

Same results again.

Tasca gets to near the 330 foot lights and has the tires kick loose.

Wilkerson find some more tune up and moves up one spot to #6 on as strong pass.

Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.266, 660ft-3.170/284.87 mph.

Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.857/331.45, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.857/331.77, Was #1
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.889/332.59, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.900/327.51, Was #5

Nothing wrong with the left lane, as Hight matches his session one ET and almost the same speed! POWER!

Capps gets the starting line advantage and pulls hard down the track to move up a spot into the top four for today!

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.230, 660ft-3.127/288.39 mph.
Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.242, 660ft-3.155/283.79 mph.

4:57 p.m. Terry Haddock is on the bump spot at 4.596. Terry Haddock is on the bump spot at 4.596.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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