Sun, 9 Oct 2005, 04:13 PM Funny Car Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Del Worsham                            73 Frank Pedregon               
E3                   0.075  6.821 160.75     ****WINNER****  0.119  5.033 307.23
 Prior rounds:
E2    (P Burkart Jr) 0.071  4.906 315.19      (R Capps     ) 0.106  5.680 191.73
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.076  4.852 324.67      (M Ashley    ) 0.084  4.870 306.88
 Qualified:            #13  4.820 323.81                        #9  4.768 320.89

Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.74 inches, adjusted altitude 2,038 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Worsham was up in smoke right off the starting line and Pedregon straight down the groove for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 John Force                            427 Tony Bartone                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.090  4.834 322.34                     0.120  4.871 317.34
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Wilkerson ) 0.089  4.838 322.88      (W Bazemore  ) 0.118  5.478 186.25
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.025  4.835 325.53      (R Hight     ) 0.105  4.942 279.38
 Qualified:             #7  4.737 326.40                       #14  4.844 306.67

Force is out of the gate first and never looked back and will go into the final round with lane choice and the championship point lead. Bartone gave Force a race.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



NHRA: 10 Most Recent Entries [ top ]

Feb 13- NHRA and FOX Sports Announce TV Schedule for NHRA's 75th Anniversary Season
Feb 12- 75th Anniversary Celebration Kickoff at Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals
Feb 10- Wally Parks 75th Anniversary Appreciation Fund Part of $27 Million Overall Purse
Feb 08- NHRA Summit Racing Jr. Drag Racing League Releases 2026 Schedule
Feb 07- Huge List of Legends Set to Appear at Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals
Feb 05- NHRA and Legends Global Extend Merchandise Partnership Ahead of 75th Anniversary Season
Feb 04- Doug Foley Announces Addition of Ron Douglas as Consultant to Foley Lewis Racing Top Fuel Team
Feb 04- Tickets Now on Sale for NHRA's Debut at U.S. 131 Motorsports Park and Rockingham Dragway
Feb 04- Reed, Zetterström to Share Driving Duties of Reed Trucking & Excavating Top Fuel Dragster
Jan 29- NHRA to Honor Iconic John Force in 2027 with "50 Years Of Force"