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Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 17:35 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd 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: Steven Densham Runs 4.129/302.41, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.133/285.59, Was #14

1:46 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 29.87 inches, adjusted altitude 3,342 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Densham left the line, the car pushed a little to the left, but he was able to stay on the throttle and improve but not enough to move up in the order.

Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 4.367/207.02, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.255/235.35, Was #15
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 3.948/323.50, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.916/120.40, Was #16

Bode was on a decent pass, then gets about 600 feet out, smoke starts coming from the headers, and the car noses over. Alexander goes down the groove with a full pass and he moves up to the ninth spot for now.

Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.080/305.84, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.036/296.44, Was #13
Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.089/278.23, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.603/82.46, Was #17

Haddock goes down the groove with a decent pass but he doesn't improve. Diehl put a cylinder out about 500 feet out and the car started moving toward the centerline. He gets close to the line, pedals once, keeps it off the line and makes his quickest pass of the weekend and gets in the field in the 15th spot.

Haddock loses some oil on the run and we will be down for a cleanup.

Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 6.511/106.93, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.953/321.73, Was #11
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.951/321.96, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.909/329.58, Was #7

Green hits the throttle, gets about 200 feet out and strikes the tires. Todd goes down the groove with a decent pass but he doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 3.961/324.28, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.951/323.89, Was #10
Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 4.421/200.53, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.040/302.96, Was #14

Pedregon was under power all the way through the run but he doesn't improve. Laughlin gets about 600 feet out, puffs the tires and backs off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.922/160.46, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.902/300.26, Was #5
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.907/332.18, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.953/316.82, Was #12

DeJoria gets about 400 feet out, pulls the tires loose, then gives up on the run, Wilkerson goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the sixth spot for now.

Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.264, 660ft-3.175/284.56 mph.

Left Lane: John Force Runs 13.514/68.73, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.887/322.34, Was #4
Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.929/326.63, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.915/323.97, Was #9

Force went up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Lee goes down the groove with a good pass but he doesn't improve.

Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.263, 660ft-3.185/280.66 mph.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.039/260.36, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.871/322.58, Was #3
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.909/330.63, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.907/331.36, Was #7

Hagan was on a good pass for about 600 feet, then it looks like he may have started spinning the tires and he backed off of the throttle. Capps improves a tick but not enough to move up in the order.

Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.248, 660ft-3.183/262.90 mph.

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.876 sec., 330ft-2.248, 660ft-3.172/281.42 mph.

Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 3.879/330.31, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.851/327.51, Was #1
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.972/267.37, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.853/335.73, Was #2

Hight goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round and he picks up another three bonus points. Tasca gets about 850 feet out, the car makes a wild move to the right and he backs off of the throttle.

Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.864 sec., 330ft-2.238, 660ft-3.146/284.93 mph.

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.874 sec., 330ft-2.230, 660ft-3.139/280.19 mph.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink