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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: Cruz Pedregon Runs 3.881/327.61, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.100/145.89, Was #16 Right Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 4.345/219.60, Now #15; No Prior Run 8:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 1,578 feet. Pedregon goes down the groove with a clean, straight pass and moves up to the third spot. Wyatt was out of power early but he gets in the 15th spot. Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 8.642/80.36, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.171/248.22, Was #14 Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.986/266.00, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.656/173.37, Was #17 Diehl gets about 200 feet out and has traction problems. Lee was on a decent pass, then the engine blows about 800 feet out and the car noses over. He drifts to the right after the finish line an scrapes the wall. Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.012/311.66, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.057/302.60, Was #14 Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 7.205/92.55, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.039/304.88, Was #13 Haddock goes down the groove with a clean, straight pass but something popped just as he went through the lights. Laughlin rattles the tires early, pedals, then gives up on the run. Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.884/317.80, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.993/303.07, Was #12 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.920/314.51, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.951/323.11, Was #10 Wilkerson goes down the groove with a good pass and moves up to the fourth spot in the order. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.218, 660ft-3.126/280.69 mph. DeJoria had green flames coming out of the left side header early in the run. She improves and moves up a spot in the order. Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.588/178.10, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.928/328.80, Was #10 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 5.650/123.81, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.930/295.10, Was #11 Green leaves the line and starts drifting to the right. he gets close to the centerline about 500 feet out and backs off of the throttle. Todd has traction problems early and gives up on the run. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.848/319.24, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.916/321.70, Was #8 Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.372/184.42, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.912/321.13, Was #7 Hagan was moving around a little early in the run but he stays with it and makes the quickest pass of the day to move into the top spot for now. Alexander gets about 600 feet out and the car noses over. Left Lane: John Force Runs 3.871/325.71, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.887/325.95, Was #6 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.852/333.95, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.889/326.42, Was #7 Force goes down the groove with a good pass and he moves up to the third spot for now. Capps keeps the candles lit all the way through the run and moves up to the second spot, for now. John Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.868 sec., 330ft-2.223, 660ft-3.128/284.97 mph. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.867 sec., 330ft-2.218, 660ft-3.120/286.50 mph. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.822/335.55, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.874/331.37, Was #4 Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 7.123/91.41, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.879/328.37, Was #5 Tasca goes down the groove with another impressive pass, the quickest and fastest of his career, and the track ET record to take the top spot and the $15,000 bonus for being the quickest of this session. Hight gets about 300 feet out, loses traction and backs off of the throttle. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.208, 660ft-3.099/290.72 mph.
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