Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 06:29 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Rick Green

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   2 Tony Pedregon                           1 John Force
E4  ****WINNER****0.075  8.449 134.81                        0.118 No Time
 Prior rounds:
E3    (F Pedregon  ) 0.060  4.995 297.55      (R Capps     ) 0.058  4.961 296.57
E2    (G Densham   ) 0.103  4.898 298.07      (W Bazemore  ) 0.061  4.980 286.13
E1    (D Creasy Jr ) 0.094  4.992 293.09      (B Gilbertson) 0.071  4.817 319.75
 Qualified:             #1  4.780 316.67                        #2  4.791 323.66

Current weather conditions: 78 degrees, 55 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.11 inches, with a track temperature of 105 degrees.

Pedregon was out of the gate first and up in smoke immediately and then Force started to haze the tires around 200 feet. That was when Tony got back on the throttle and up in smoke again. Force was on and off the throttle at least four times and then crossed the centerline around 800 feet. Force is disqualified and he will still be looking for his first win. Tony with the win moves in front on Bazemore by 101 points. This is the 18th final round these two have met and Tony has won the last four.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink