Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 02:00 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Tony Pedregon                         347 Tim Wilkerson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.083  4.962 297.55                     0.083  5.062 296.83
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Head      ) 0.087  5.485 255.97      (T Johnson Jr) 0.073  4.905 299.26
 Qualified:             #6  4.975 276.35                        #3  4.910 304.32

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 43 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,468 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Pedregon is 18 - 7 against Wilkerson in prior events, and 8 - 3 in second round meetings. They leave together and then it was all Pedregon. Wilkerson was dropping cylinders on the top end.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   28 Ron Capps                             750 Del Worsham                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.086  4.936 301.13                     0.109  5.430 235.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Toliver   ) 0.091  5.688 241.41      (J Force     ) 0.126  4.920 307.86
 Qualified:             #2  4.909 297.42                        #7  4.977 302.14

Capps is 25 - 9 against Worsham in prior events, and 11 - 1 in second round meetings. Capps with the starting line advantage and never looked back for the win light. Worsham started to shake the tires and pedaled it, but by then it was all Capps. Capps will have lane choice over Pedregon in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Robert Hight                          782 Gary Densham                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.084  4.922 296.63                     0.058  5.105 243.63
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Neff      ) 0.102  4.929 290.57      (A Force     ) 0.112  4.990 282.60
 Qualified:             #1  4.882 309.77                        #9  4.983 297.29

Hight is 7 - 0 against Densham in prior events, Hight won the only time they raced in the second round. Densham with the starting line advantage, but Hight had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree. Hight with the quickest pass of the round, so far. Densham had the chutes out early.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1777 Bob Tasca III                          71 Cruz Pedregon                
E2                   0.091  5.005 291.82     ****WINNER****  0.063  4.929 300.46
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Bartone   ) 0.086  5.023 296.63      (J Beckman   ) 0.132  5.933 204.42
 Qualified:             #4  4.932 303.64                       #12  4.995 296.83

Pedregon is 1 - 0 against Tasca III in prior events. Pedregon with the starting line advantage and just drove away with a nice pass. Pedregon will give up lane choice to Hight in the semifinal.

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