Sun, 28 Oct 2007, 08:14 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Tony Pedregon                        7321 Ashley Force                 
E4   ****WINNER****  0.070  4.871 318.47                     0.130  4.829 298.93
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Pedregon  ) 0.080  4.912 316.08      (J Head      ) 0.143  4.859 316.08
E2    (J Arend     ) 0.051  7.499 110.76      (D Worsham   ) 0.113  4.858 308.43
E1    (J Toliver   ) 0.069  5.431 251.53      (G Densham   ) 0.133  4.869 310.48
 Qualified:             #2  4.770 314.09                       #13  4.819 307.65

5:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 12 percent, barometer 29.72 inches, adjusted altitude 2,294 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Force and Pedregon have faced each other once in eliminations with Force winning that one. This is Force's first final round appearence. Pedregon has a 35-26 win/loss record in final round competition. A win here would just about clinch the championship for Pedregon. He gets it on a holeshot! He was moving around on the top end, but he hung on for the win by approximately 8 feet.

Tony Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.353, 660ft-3.355/256.26mph, 1,000ft-4.173
Ashley Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.903 sec., 330ft-2.314, 660ft-3.285/262.23mph, 1,000ft-4.101

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink