Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th
annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals:
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
20 Gary Scelzi 5 Whit Bazemore
E2 0.080 6.911 130.51 ****WINNER**** 0.119 5.123 294.37
Prior rounds:
E1 (T Wilkerson ) 0.126 5.033 298.93 (D Skuza ) 0.102 5.243 278.63
Qualified: #1 4.964 299.33 #9 5.030 303.50
Scelzi with lane choice takes the left lane and goes up in smoke as soon as he hits
the throttle. Bazemore picks up points in the championship battle.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
10 Johnny Gray 3 Del Worsham
E2 ****WINNER**** 0.076 5.293 271.52 0.093 7.459 110.16
Prior rounds:
E1 (F Pedregon ) 0.060 5.200 286.32 (T Pedregon ) 0.097 5.057 301.87
Qualified: #12 5.080 300.00 #4 4.981 304.46
Worsham with lane choice and picks the favored right lane and then smokes the hides
right off the starting line and Gray puts his teammate on the trailer.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
503 Tommy Johnson Jr. 1 John Force
E2 0.077 5.787 173.81 ****WINNER**** 0.085 5.005 293.47
Prior rounds:
E1 (R Capps ) 0.050 5.010 300.46 (S Cannon ) 0.077 5.004 302.75
Qualified: #6 5.008 289.94 #3 4.979 308.85
The two quickest cars from round one and TJ get the jump on the starting line, but
Force has the difference made up by 100 feet and never looks back. Force now has the the
two quickest pass of eliminations.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1149 Arnie Karp 71 Cruz Pedregon
E2 0.125 5.676 211.06 ****WINNER**** 0.136 5.251 268.54
Prior rounds:
E1 (G Densham ) 0.214 5.701 263.72 (B Gilbertson) 0.118 5.458 199.55
Qualified: #7 5.015 299.80 #2 4.977 306.74
Karp with a starting line advantage and Cruz drives around him around 100 feet and
never looked back from there to take the win. Karp hazed the tires around 200 feet.
Pedregon will give up lane choice to Force in a rematch of last week's final. Bazemore
get to pick his lane against Gray in the semifinal.
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