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Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session
Sat, 26 Jul 2003, 08:59 PM
Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag
Racing Series, 16th annual CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals 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: Jack Wyatt Runs 5.699/189.92, Now #16; Best prior run:
5.228/280.08, Was #16
Current weather conditions: 84 degrees, 32 percent relative
humidity, the barometer 30.09 inches under sunny skies.
Wyatt launched
hard and was on a good pass and then started to lose traction, he pedaled it one
and when he did it threw the blower belt off and so he will have to hope his
5.228 holds as he is on the bubble.
Left Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 9.767/102.59, Now #15; Best prior
run: 5.174/279.09, Was #15
Right Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 5.281/283.97, Now #18; Best prior
run: 8.985/90.07, Was #19
Gilbertson was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Creasy
was was able to keep the candles lit and the Goodyears stuck, but was mixing up
cylinders on the top end.
Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 5.160/283.67, Now #13; Best prior
run: 5.137/287.29, Was #13
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 5.330/266.48, Now #19; Best prior
run: 5.977/160.44, Was #19
Haddock got out of the groove and close to the centerline and he
will not will make the show. Pedregon will start from the lowest position of
the season here.
Left Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 5.228/281.71, Now #12; Best prior run:
5.080/300.00, Was #12
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 5.211/278.00, Now #16; Best prior
run: 5.268/280.14, Was #17
Wilkerson is the last guy that can bump out Wyatt and he did it. He
got out of the groove and real close to the centerline, but keeps it in his lane
and gets in the show. If nothing changes it will be a rematch of last week's
first round matchup except it will be Scelzi number one and Wilkerson coming out
of the #16 spot. Gray got out of the groove and close to the centerline, but
reeled it in.
Left Lane: Gary Densham Runs 5.044/294.31, Now #10; Best prior run:
5.050/267.32, Was #11
Right Lane: Scotty Cannon Runs 8.023/99.95, Now #14; Best prior run:
5.163/278.75, Was #14
Cannon was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Densham with
his best pass of the weekend with a big puff of smoke on the top end.
Left Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 8.918/96.18, Now #8; Best prior run:
5.022/299.86, Was #8
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.104/291.26, Now #11; Best prior run:
5.050/290.57, Was #11
Skuza blistered the hides as soon as he hit the throttle. Capps is
able to keep the candle lit and the Goodyears stuck all the way down the 1320
and if nothing changes he will race his teammate in round one.
Left Lane: Arnie Karp Runs 7.730/107.71, Now #7; Best prior run:
5.015/299.80, Was #7
Right Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 8.294/92.51, Now #9; Best prior run:
5.030/303.50, Was #9
Both cars are up in smoke by 200 feet.
Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 5.192/263.98, Now #6; Best prior
run: 5.008/289.94, Was #6
Right Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 6.332/141.46, Now #5; Best prior
run: 4.982/301.81, Was #5
Pedregon lost traction and clicked it off. Johnson was on a good
looking pass until about 1100 feet and then started hazing the tires.
Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 5.081/285.17, Now #4; Best prior run:
4.981/304.46, Was #4
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.979/308.85, Now #3; Best prior run:
4.980/302.96, Was #3
Force with a great looking pass and the quickest pass of the
session. Worsham with a real nice pass and he will face Tony Pedregon in round
one.
Left Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 8.903/91.46, Now #1; Best prior run:
4.964/299.33, Was #1
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.060/299.93, Now #2; Best prior run:
4.977/306.74, Was #2
Scelzi goes up in smoke right off the starting line. Cruz with a
good pass and will stay number two.
Timing data
courtesy of CompuLink
By Rick Green
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