Sun, 8 Jun 2008, 07:54 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Pedregon                         319 Scott Kalitta                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.093  4.818 319.75                     0.108  4.957 308.92
 Prior rounds:
E3    (A Force     ) 0.110  4.897 318.62      (G Densham   ) 0.111  5.057 251.02
E2    (M Oswald    ) 0.069  4.882 297.61      (C Pedregon  ) 0.115  4.896 312.21
E1    (J Toliver   ) 0.062  4.884 311.49      (R Capps     ) 0.105  4.918 305.29
 Qualified:            #10  4.797 323.43                       #13  4.825 319.82

6:50 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.05 inches, adjusted altitude 3,777 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Pedregon gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Kalitta makes a decent pass but loses ground all the way through the run. Pedregon wins his 38th national event.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink