Sat, 4 Apr 2009, 04:54 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Bob Orme |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.170/298.40, Now #4; No Prior Run
1:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.89 inches, adjusted altitude 3,379 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.
No problems here as Hight takes it straight down the groove.
Robert Hight's incremental times: 60ft-0.917
sec., 330ft-2.358, 660ft-3.358/258.27 mph.
Left Lane: Ashley Force Hood Runs 4.260/264.96, Now #12; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Gary Densham Runs 4.212/289.94, Now #9; No Prior Run
Force Hood was slightly off pace at the finish, but other than that, there were no obvious problems for either driver.
Ashley Force Hood's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec.,
330ft-2.353, 660ft-3.376/248.93 mph.
Gary Densham's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec.,
330ft-2.377, 660ft-3.379/254.09 mph.
Left Lane: Jerry Toliver Runs 5.172/146.80, Now #15; Best prior run: 4.340/268.44, Was #14
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.222/263.15, Now #10; No Prior Run
Toliver's engine died at about 500 feet. Beckman was slowing at the finish, the reason not apparent from here.
Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.929 sec., 330ft-2.384,
660ft-3.367/261.52 mph.
Left Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 5.405/135.48, Now #12; Best prior run: 4.251/297.88, Was #12
Right Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.657/197.25, Now #17; No Prior Run
Both drivers lost traction at about 330 feet. Arend got off the throttle while Worsham tried to pedal it a couple times.
Left Lane: Brian Thiel Runs 4.182/298.47, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.233/294.82, Was #11
Right Lane: Mike Neff Runs 4.204/288.70, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.347/215.75, Was #16
A good looking pass for both drivers.
Brian Thiel's incremental times: 60ft-0.918
sec., 330ft-2.363, 660ft-3.367/256.41 mph.
Mike Neff's incremental times: 60ft-0.907 sec.,
330ft-2.349, 660ft-3.364/250.27 mph.
Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.169/293.86, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.188/298.93, Was #9
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.224/293.92, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.273/293.54, Was #15
Another good looking pair.
Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec.,
330ft-2.344, 660ft-3.344/254.86 mph.
Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec.,
330ft-2.389, 660ft-3.397/252.28 mph.
Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 6.814/90.76, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.185/301.33, Was #9
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.167/301.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.175/268.97, Was #6
Hagan lost traction right after the hit. A smooth pass for Pedregon.
Cruz Pedregon's
incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.359, 660ft-3.348/275.06 mph.
Left Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.429/204.91, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.178/297.02, Was #7
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.156/302.35, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.149/300.00, Was #3
Pedregon's engine went silent at about 600 feet. A good looking pass for Force.
John
Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.356, 660ft-3.349/258.27 mph.
Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.806/170.41, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.148/297.94, Was #2
Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 4.158/302.48, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.145/303.43, Was #1
Capps struck the tires at about 600 feet. Bode runs the second best ET of the round, and he remains at the top of the ladder going into the final qualifying round.
Bob Bode's
incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.357, 660ft-3.351/258.47 mph.
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