Sun, 4 May 2003, 04:15 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Johnny Gray                             2 Tony Pedregon
E4                   0.060  5.009 304.60     ****WINNER****  0.066  4.874 318.77
 Prior rounds:
E3    (J Force     ) 0.007  5.257 276.69      (W Bazemore  ) 0.064  5.102 275.96
E2    (G Densham   ) 0.052  5.064 305.91      (R Capps     ) 0.074  4.873 310.84
E1    (G Scelzi    ) 0.017  4.864 313.37      (D Creasy Jr ) 0.082  4.863 319.98
 Qualified:            #13  4.923 311.13                        #2  4.799 320.58

4:03 PM This is a rematch of the final round at the Winternationals. Gray left first but Pedregon had the difference covered at 60 feet. Atlanta Dragway was the site of Tony Pedregon's first Funny Car win and he does it again here today.

Tony Pedregon's margins: 60ft(0.015), 330 ft(0.042), 660ft(0.067), 1,000ft(0.097). MOV: 0.1293 seconds (approximately 58 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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