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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th 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: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.710/167.23, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.129/283.70, Was #17 2:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 30.06 inches, adjusted altitude 2,852 feet. Diehl has traction problems and has to give up on the run. Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 7.371/66.20, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.066/268.61, Was #15 Right Lane: Chris King Runs 4.131/301.51, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.477/198.39, Was #19 Green strikes the tires early and gives up on the run. King makes his quickest pass of the weekend. Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 4.151/308.28, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.025/313.41, Was #14 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 6.074/111.44, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.915/327.51, Was #11 Bode makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. DeJoria has traction problems and is off of the throttle early. Left Lane: Dave Richards Runs 8.507/86.59, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.991/314.05, Was #13 Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.960/155.73, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.889/323.60, Was #8 Richards makes a quick move to the right at the hit and has to give up on the run. Lee has traction problems about 600 feet out and clicks it off. Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.813/165.72, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.942/277.67, Was #12 Right Lane: Buddy Hull Runs 4.168/304.75, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.177/297.15, Was #19 Tasca gets about 500 feet out and goes up in smoke. Hull makes his quickest pass of the weekend but he still doesn't qualify. Left Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 6.006/112.89, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.909/326.96, Was #9 Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.110/271.31, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.100/282.11, Was #16 Creasy gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires. Haddock was on a good pass but was off of the throttle a little early. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.388/134.27, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.878/325.90, Was #7 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.201/231.40, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.913/326.44, Was #10 Pedregon with the same issue, strikes the tires about 300 feet out. Todd makes it about 800 feet and is off of the throttle. Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.714/172.69, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.833/326.37, Was #4 Right Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 3.949/299.74, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.871/327.68, Was #6 Alexander gets a little further than previous drivers but still has traction problems and is off of the throttle early. Wilkerson gets about 900 feet out and has to back off of the throttle. Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 6.319/108.29, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.823/335.20, Was #2 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 6.128/113.07, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.862/331.44, Was #5 Problems for both drivers, they get about 300 feet out, strike the tires and give up on the runs. Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 4.198/226.57, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.813/333.09, Was #1 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.924/326.63, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.825/331.49, Was #3 Prock gets about 700 feet out, has traction problems, then clicks it off. Beckman makes a full pass, the quickest of the round, but he doesn't improve.
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