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LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Tim Wilkerson 507 Melanie Troxel
E1 0.088 7.220 112.55 ****WINNER**** 0.102 4.633 273.22
Qualified: #7 4.117 304.53 #10 4.128 287.96
12:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.05 inches,
adjusted altitude 3,291 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Wilkerson is 3 - 0 against Troxel in prior events. Wilkerson is tied for eighth in the points chase with Capps. Wilkerson hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Troxel
leaves, starts to pull away, then strikes the tires about 300 feet out. Wilkerson sees Troxel's troubles and gets back
on the throttle. Troxel pedals, the slicks bite, then Wilkerson gives up on the run. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 71 Cruz Pedregon 388 Jim Head E1 0.073 4.273 270.64 ****WINNER**** 0.121 4.121 305.91 Qualified: #4 4.087 304.67 #13 4.187 277.03Pedregon is 9 - 4 against Head in prior events. Pedregon gets off the line first but Head starts to reel him in quickly. Head goes around him before they reach the 330 foot mark and starts to pull away. Pedregon starts mixing up cylinders about 600 feet out and falls further behind. Jim Head's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.012), 330 ft(0.009), 660ft(0.045). MOV: 0.1044 seconds (approximately 41 feet). After a track check oil is
found in the left lane and we'll be down for a cleanup.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Ashley Force Hood 116 Paul Lee
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.078 4.127 308.99 0.145 4.228 286.13
Qualified: #1 4.032 309.70 #16 4.222 289.82
Force Hood and Lee have each won 1 time against the other in prior events. Lee has beat a Force car in round one
three times since the Brainerd race.Force-Hood is fourth in the points chase and is 129 points behind the leader Hagan Force gets out of the gate first, the rear of the car moves around a little, but she keeps it in the groove. Lee was behind from the start and fell behind at every marker. Ashley Force Hood's incremental margins: 60ft(0.076), 330
ft(0.090), 660ft(0.120). MOV: 0.1684 seconds (approximately 71 feet). Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 28 Ron Capps 7 Del Worsham E1 ****WINNER**** 0.086 5.824 101.82 0.079 6.332 170.67 Qualified: #3 4.082 309.06 #14 4.212 291.13Capps is 30 - 12 against Worsham in prior events. Worsham hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Capps starts
pulling away, then starts hazing the tires. he gets about 400 feet out, the engine blows lifting the body off the car
and the chutes come out. Worsham gets back on the throttle and starts to gain ground quickly but is too far behind to
make up the difference. With this win he moves up to seventh in the points chase.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 John Force 170 Jeff Arend
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.075 4.122 309.56 0.064 4.547 204.70
Qualified: #2 4.050 311.92 #15 4.218 299.93
Force is 10 - 2 against Arend in prior events. Force is second in the points, 57 behind Hagan and needs to do well
here to keep his championship hopes alive.Arend gets away first but Force starts to gain ground quickly. Arend gets to the 660 foot mark, the rear of the car starts dancing around and Force pulls away for the win. John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.010), 330 ft(-0.006), 660ft(0.116). MOV: 0.4143 seconds (more than 100 feet). Force will have lane choice over Troxel in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Tony Pedregon 2814 Matt Hagan
E1 0.077 4.951 167.57 ****WINNER**** 0.085 4.071 305.49
Qualified: #12 4.185 302.69 #5 4.090 304.53
Pedregon and Hagan have each won 6 times against the other in prior events.Hagan is the points leader and needs this win to keep pace with Force who just picked up another 20 points. Hagan chooses the right lane, the first of the higher qualified cars to do so. Pedregon gets the advantage off the line, gets about 400 feet out and goes up in smoke. hagan must have made the right lane choice, making the quickest pass of the round so far in the win. Hagan will
have lane choice over Head in round two.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Bob Tasca III 782 Gary Densham
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.066 4.158 305.49 0.134 6.190 118.94
Qualified: #6 4.092 309.20 #11 4.161 281.83
Tasca III is 1 - 0 against Densham in prior events. Densham is late off the line, gets about 300 feet out and
strikes the tires. Tasca goes right down the groove and takes the win.Tasca will have lane choice over Capps in round
two. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 340 Bob Bode 5 Jack Beckman E1 0.108 5.394 159.89 ****WINNER**** 0.084 4.113 306.81 Qualified: #8 4.122 302.08 #9 4.124 306.74Bode and Beckman have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Beckman is third in the points and the two in front of him, Hagan and Force have already made it through this round. Bode hits the throttle, gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke. beckman makes a clean pass and pulls away for the win. Beckman keeps pace with the
points leaders and will have lane choice over Force-Hood, who is 33 points behind him, in round two.
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