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Sat, 16 Nov 2024, 19:46 PM

Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 59th annual In-N-Out NHRA Finals 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: Buddy Hull Runs 4.076/305.29, Now #15; Best prior run: 8.320/78.61, Was #19

Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,516 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.

Hull is straight down the groove to get in the show.

Left Lane: Alex Miladinovich Runs 7.085/91.17, Now #18; Best prior run: 8.265/73.67, Was #19
Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 13.917/23.49, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.543/85.09, Was #18

Miladinovich lost traction early and clicked it off.

Richards is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Jason Rupert Runs 9.999/0.00, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.413/132.13, Was #17
Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 3.980/286.32, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.544/191.81, Was #16

Rupert is on a good pass early but the car makes a quick move toward the centerline and collected a couple cones.

Diehl is straight down the groove, but is off the throttle early. He gets off the bump spot.

Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.058/310.13, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.041/305.84, Was #15

Haddock with a good pass early, but started to drift out of the groove. He is over by the wall, but stays with it.

Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 3.889/327.98, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.953/279.85, Was #12
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.838/331.94, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.895/328.38, Was #9

Green kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to move up the ladder a couple spot. Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.883 sec., 330ft-2.240, 660ft-3.150/284.33 mph.

Hagan launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to the number three spot. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.859 sec., 330ft-2.209, 660ft-3.108/287.78 mph.

Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.890/308.43, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.948/292.65, Was #12
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.285/212.39, Now #9; Best prior run: 3.878/326.71, Was #9

DeJoria was on a great pass. Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.884 sec., 330ft-2.247, 660ft-3.143/288.83 mph.

Todd is out of the groove and clicks it off early.

Left Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 10.947/95.51, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.903/308.92, Was #12
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.892/156.64, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.875/324.59, Was #8

Wilkerson lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Pedregon started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.870/332.59, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.867/334.82, Was #5
Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.907/327.19, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.875/328.46, Was #7

Tasca III is straight down the groove and makes a good clean pass. He will not improve...

Lee with another good looking pass, but he will not improve.

Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.804/334.57, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.822/333.74, Was #2
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 8.210/92.60, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.870/336.40, Was #6

Prock launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his career quickest pass. He goes to the number one spot. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.190, 660ft-3.078/289.82 mph.

Alexander overpowered the track early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 7.902/87.89, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.821/332.75, Was #2
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 8.374/78.34, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.828/334.82, Was #3

Capps is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Beckman lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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