Sun, 5 Oct 2003, 06:21 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  347 Tim Wilkerson                          71 Cruz Pedregon
E4   ****WINNER****  0.080  4.869 317.94                     0.042 11.909  81.05
 Prior rounds:
E3    (G Densham   ) 0.108  4.804 320.74      (D Skuza     ) 0.068  5.738 174.08
E2    (D Creasy Jr ) 0.086  4.822 317.64      (T Haddock   ) 0.099  5.804 220.04
E1    (J Wyatt     ) 0.580  4.833 319.75      (G Scelzi    ) 0.027  4.796 320.43
 Qualified:             #5  4.811 319.75                        #7  4.819 313.73

Pedregon smoked and shook the tires as soon as he launched. He tried once to pedal it but quickly gave up on the run. Wilkerson had a clean run and got the win.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink