Sat, 24 Oct 2020, 15:57 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Rick Green |
BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Right Lane: Bobby Bode III Runs 4.705/171.82, Now #1
Bobby Bode III is making his Fuel Funny Car debut. He is dropping cylinders early and clicks it off by half track.
Left Lane: Todd Simpson Runs 7.606/85.74, Now #3
Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.062/294.88, Now #1
Simpson started to lose traction early and clicked it off.
Green is straight down the groove...the car goes silent well before the finish line. Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.319, 660ft-3.276/270.92 mph.
Left Lane: Dave Richards No Time, Now #5
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 5.021/150.48, Now #3
Richards rolled the beams and he will not get a time.
Haddock started to haze the tires before half track and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.137/308.14, Now #3
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.077/302.62, Now #2
Campbell was on a good pass, but started drifting out of the groove on the top end and got close to the centerline.
Alexander is straight down the groove with a good looking pass. Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.326, 660ft-3.286/266.79 mph.
Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 5.596/125.38, Now #7
Right Lane: Paul Lee Runs 4.492/190.59, Now #4
Before this pass there was a video tribute to Eric Lane who tragically died this week between here and Dallas. He was currently the crew chief for Cruz Pedregon.
Pedregon started to haze the tires and clicked it off.
Lee started to lose traction by half track and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.958/308.21, Now #2
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.923/328.62, Now #1
This was a good looking side-by-side drag race.
DeJoria was straight down the groove with a good clean pass to the number two spot right behind Todd.
Todd launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. J.R. Todd's incremental times: 60ft-0.877 sec., 330ft-2.263, 660ft-3.182/282.78 mph.
Left Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.291/225.71, Now #6
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 7.694/84.98, Now #12
Wilkerson started drop cylinders and haze the tires on the top end before he lifted.
Tasca lost traction early and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.295/136.44, Now #11
Right Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.973/317.94, Now #3
Capps started to haze the tires by half track and clicked it off.
Johnson Jr. was straight down the groove with a clean pass. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.263, 660ft-3.210/272.39 mph.
Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.093/242.58, Now #7
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.907/327.74, Now #1
Beckman was on a good pass until the top end when it started to haze the tires on the top end and he clicked it off.
Hagan launched hard and kept it hitting on eight and hooked up to go to the number one spot. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.865 sec., 330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.167/281.83 mph.
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