Sun, 6 Nov 2005, 09:01 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Eric Medlen                             8 Tony Pedregon                
E4                   0.230 14.598  68.73     ****WINNER****  0.135  4.751 319.22
 Prior rounds:
E3    (T Johnson Jr) 0.069  4.740 321.65      (C Pedregon  ) 0.074  4.739 324.83
E2    (R Hight     ) 0.115  4.745 324.44      (J Force     ) 0.053  4.778 316.75
E1    (T Bartone   ) 0.086  4.748 328.14      (F Pedregon  ) 0.076  4.750 320.43
 Qualified:             #4  4.715 328.06                        #3  4.710 329.99

5:51 p.m. The Force team really had to scramble to get ready for this run. The frame was damaged and they had said he probably wouldn't be able to repir the damage. Medlen hhits the throttle, then has to abort the run. Pedregon goes right down the groove and finishes the season on a high note with the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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