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Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #3
Sat, 26 Jul 2003, 04:37 PM
Notes from round 3 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:
Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 5.050/267.32, Now #11; Best prior run:
6.190/151.12, Was #17
Current weather conditions: 75 degrees, 46 percent relative
humidity, the barometer 30.12 inches under sunny skies.
Densham with a
nice looking pass clean and no tire smoke to get in the show.
Left Lane: Dale Creasy Jr. Runs 8.985/90.07, Now #19; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 5.228/280.08, Now #16; Best prior run:
6.395/141.40, Was #18
Creasy making his first pass of the weekend here. Creasy shook the
tires and clicked it off. Wyatt was on a pretty good pass and then started
mixing up cylinders on the top end, but got in the show with this pass.
Left Lane: Scotty Cannon Runs 5.163/278.75, Now #13; Best prior
run: 5.226/264.34, Was #15
Right Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 5.605/186.69, Now #15; Best prior
run: 5.174/279.09, Was #14
Cannon started hazing the tires around half track, but keep his foot
in it to move around Tony Pedregon. Gilbertson got out of the groove and real
close to the centerline before he clicked it off.
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 5.137/287.29, Now #13; Best prior
run: 5.170/268.87, Was #14
Pedregon was mixing up cylinders on the top end, but improve enough
to move back in front of Cannon.
Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 5.380/233.08, Now #17; Best prior
run: 5.268/280.14, Was #17
Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 5.240/278.46, Now #12; Best prior run:
5.080/300.00, Was #12
Wilkerson lost traction and threw the blower belt and he is down to
one more shot at getting in the show. Gray was hazing the tires from half track
on.
Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 8.926/87.62, Now #10; Best prior run:
5.050/290.57, Was #10
Right Lane: Arnie Karp Runs 5.015/299.80, Now #7; Best prior run:
5.042/297.88, Was #9
Capps had trouble early and clicked it early. Karp is running
really consistent this weekend. He will jump into the top half of the top half
the show with this pass.
Left Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 6.837/105.99, Now #9; Best prior run:
5.030/303.50, Was #9
Right Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 5.098/286.19, Now #8; Best prior run:
5.022/299.86, Was #8
For the second time this weekend Bazemore's chute deploys as soon as
he hits the throttle. Skuza with another good pass here this weekend.
Left Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 21.773/63.88, Now #4; Best prior
run: 4.982/301.81, Was #4
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 5.123/284.99, Now #6; Best prior
run: 5.008/289.94, Was #6
Pedregon car did not move when the light turned green, not sure what
the problem was with the car. TJ with a good looking pass here, making it
three good passes this weekend.
Left Lane: John Force Runs 8.167/101.69, Now #3; Best prior run:
4.980/302.96, Was #3
Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.981/304.46, Now #4; Best prior run:
4.995/304.80, Was #5
Force lost traction by 200 feet and clicked it off. Worsham with a
great looking pass here straight down Broadway for the quickest pass of the
session.
Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 14.035/61.96, Now #2; Best prior run:
4.977/306.74, Was #2
Right Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 11.050/85.64, Now #1; Best prior run:
4.964/299.33, Was #1
These two go up in smoke as soon as they hit the throttle, and that
will wrap up this session and Scelzi will stay number one with one more round to
go.
Timing data
courtesy of CompuLink
By Rick Green
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