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Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1
Fri, 25 Jul 2003, 07:37 PM
Notes from round 1 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, and position in order following run:
Right Lane: Arnie Karp Runs 5.151/269.51, Now #1
Current weather conditions: 83 degrees, 34 percent relative
humidity, the barometer 29.93 inches.
We start here with a single. Karp
had a whisp of tire smoke around half track, but keeps it hooked up on this soft
pass.
Right Lane: Jack Wyatt Runs 9.686/87.40, Now #2
Wyatt launched hard and then just clicked it off, not sure if he
started to lose traction.
Right Lane: Bob Gilbertson Runs 7.617/132.17, Now #2
Gilbertson makes it about 100 feet before he strikes the tires and
clicks it off.
Left Lane: Scotty Cannon Runs 5.226/264.34, Now #3
Right Lane: Dean Skuza Runs 5.193/276.13, Now #2
Skuza made it to about half track before he started to haze the
tires and dropped a cylinder or two, but stayed with it. Cannon with a similar
run.
Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 5.335/228.69, Now #5
Right Lane: Gary Scelzi Runs 5.165/284.15, Now #2
Scelzi was hazing the tires from half track on, but still moves into
the number two spot. Wilkerson is smoking the tires and clicks it
early.
Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.216/246.26, Now #4
Right Lane: Johnny Gray Runs 5.511/196.79, Now #7
Cruz with a whisp of tire smoke around half track. Gray blistered
the Goodyears.
Left Lane: Frank Pedregon Runs 6.020/155.79, Now #9
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 5.180/260.97, Now #3
Pedregon lost traction and clicked it off. TJ started to lose
traction on the top end.
Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.373/214.45, Now #8
Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 6.190/151.12, Now #11
Densham was up in smoke by half track and clicked it off. Capps
shuts it off around 900 feet.
Left Lane: John Force Runs 9.126/81.98, Now #14
Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 5.237/275.11, Now #7
Force is up smoke and clicked it off early. Worsham was hazing the
tires from 900 feet through the finish line.
Left Lane: Whit Bazemore Runs 10.863/74.74, Now #17
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 8.333/98.70, Now #14
As soon as Whit launched his parachute deployed, couldn't tell if
it was from tire shake or some other problem. Pedregon was up in smoke
immediately.
Karp was the first one down the track and hold on to the
number one spot after one session.
Timing data
courtesy of CompuLink
By Rick Green
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