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POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger 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: Right Lane: Hunter Green Runs 4.160/298.60, Now #13; Best prior run: 10.422/96.34, Was #22 2:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 2,230 feet, track temperature 104 degrees. Green had a cylinder out early but goes down the groove with his first full pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 13th spot for now. Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 4.029/329.75, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.055/79.43, Was #21 Richards goes down the groove with a clean, straight pass and he moves up to the eighth spot for now. Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.011/324.75, Now #8; Best prior run: 9.514/116.12, Was #22 Right Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 3.974/321.04, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.693/78.08, Was #21 Lee goes down the groove with his first full pass of the weekend and he moves all the way up to the eighth spot for now. Bode improves and moves up to the seventh spot. Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.298, 660ft-3.256/272.28 mph. Bobby Bode's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.282, 660ft-3.219/279.61 mph. Left Lane: Cory Lee Runs 5.316/139.63, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.852/103.88, Was #22 Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.228/234.37, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.431/233.96, Was #20 Lee was drifting to the right from the start and he was out of the throttle by the time he got to the 1/8 mile marker. Green was on a decent run but lost traction late and had to give up on the run. Left Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 7.699/89.51, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.882/154.17, Was #22 Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.934/321.42, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.236/295.59, Was #20 Alexander lost traction early in the run and had to click it off. Beckman had a cylinder out early but stayed on the throttle and got in the field in the fifth spot, bumping out Hunter Green. Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.237, 660ft-3.173/274.61 mph. Left Lane: Jordan Vandergriff Runs 3.943/327.66, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.230/228.34, Was #19 Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.158/300.33, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.233/238.17, Was #20 Vandergriff is second in points and isn't qualified. He leaves the line, the car starts moving around and inching towards the wall, but he stays on the throttle and gets in the show in the sixth spot. Diehl improves but not enough to get in the show. Jordan Vandergriff's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.278, 660ft-3.204/281.36 mph. Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.914/324.59, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.145/227.61, Was #17 Right Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.528/204.98, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.068/300.26, Was #15 Prock goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far and he gets in the show in the fourth spot. Campbell had a cylinder or two out early, then he pushed out a head gasket and he slowed. Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.251, 660ft-3.172/282.01 mph. Left Lane: Terry Haddock No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.092/287.29, Was #17 Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.969/325.22, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.067/267.80, Was #15 Hagan goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the ninth spot. Haddock had a cylinder out early. He stays on the throttle, gets about 300 feet out and the engine explodes. The car moves to the left and he hits the wall. He comes to a stop in the shutdown area and climbs out of the car. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.273, 660ft-3.218/275.67 mph. Left Lane: Jason Rupert Runs 3.980/324.12, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.055/290.19, Was #15 Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 4.035/306.67, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.973/310.77, Was #10 A good side-by-side, both down the groove with clean, straight passes. Rupert makes his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 12th spot. Arend slows from his earlier attempt and stays in the tenth spot. Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 7.363/91.35, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.011/303.50, Was #14 Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.277/218.41, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.910/334.32, Was #3 Nataas' car started driving toward the centerline at the hit, she gets about 200 feet out and backed off of the throttle. Todd was on a decent pass but had traction problems late in the run and was off of the throttle early. Left Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 4.571/183.44, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.969/326.08, Was #8 Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 8.415/80.66, Now #2; Best prior run: 3.904/329.50, Was #2 Wilkerson gets about 400 feet out, hazes the tires and has to click it off. DeJoria lost traction at the hit and gave up on the run quickly. Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 9.873/79.91, Now #5; Best prior run: 3.931/318.02, Was #5 Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.916/331.20, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.894/331.53, Was #1 Pedregon goes up in smoke at the hit and had to give up on the run. Capps went down the groove with another good run but he doesn't improve. Capps qualifies number one for the 5th time this year, the 42nd time in his career.
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