Sun, 29 Jun 2008, 06:12 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 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
    2 Robert Hight                            1 Tony Pedregon                
E4                   0.106  4.903 304.74     ****WINNER****  0.039  4.882 306.26
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Pedregon  ) 0.090  4.950 290.76      (R Capps     ) 0.074  4.967 291.82
E2    (G Densham   ) 0.084  4.922 296.63      (T Wilkerson ) 0.083  4.962 297.55
E1    (M Neff      ) 0.102  4.929 290.57      (J Head      ) 0.087  5.485 255.97
 Qualified:             #1  4.882 309.77                        #6  4.975 276.35

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 28.77 inches, adjusted altitude 3,323 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Pedregon with the starting line advantage and never looked back with a nice looking pass. Hight with a good clean pass in a losing effort. This is Pedregon's third win in as many finals this year, and his 39th career win. With the win Pedregon moves into second place in the point standings.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink