Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 17:23 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Dodge NHRA Finals presented by Pennzoil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: Chris Morel Runs 4.617/191.73, Now #2
Right Lane: Steven Densham Runs 4.004/314.75, Now #1
Morel is making his NHRA debut. He starts to drift out of the groove and over by the wall before he clicks it off.
Densham in his second race of the season, make a good clean pass to start the weekend.
Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 11.185/72.81, Now #4
Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 4.035/282.54, Now #2
Bode is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
Richards is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the season.
Left Lane: Alex Miladinovich No Time, Now #6
Right Lane: Terry Haddock No Time, Now #5
Miladinovich was on a good pass and then car made a quick move toward the centerline and collected a couple timing blocks. His run will be DQ'ed.
Miladinovich was out in front of Haddock so Haddock will not get a time.
Left Lane: Jim Campbell Runs 4.176/302.69, Now #4
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 3.942/324.28, Now #1
Campbell with a good looking pass. Jim Campbell's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.367, 660ft-3.369/257.63 mph.
Alexander kept it hooked up to go to the top of the list. Blake Alexander's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.260, 660ft-3.193/278.23 mph.
Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.933/327.66, Now #1
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.910/161.52, Now #7
Lee with a good looking pass, but started to mix up cylinders on the top end. He goes to the number one spot. Paul Lee's incremental times: 60ft-0.877 sec., 330ft-2.256, 660ft-3.188/279.27 mph.
Pedregon shook early and made a quick move toward the wall before he clicked it off.
Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 3.961/301.40, Now #4
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 3.940/322.88, Now #2
This was a good side-by-side drag race.
DeJoria was on a great pass and then got loose on the top end. She still goes to the number four spot. Alexis DeJoria's incremental times: 60ft-0.519 sec., 330ft-2.266, 660ft-3.195/276.58 mph.
Wilkerson launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.886 sec., 330ft-2.279, 660ft-3.196/282.19 mph.
Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 11.544/79.45, Now #12
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.929/325.92, Now #1
Todd was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
Tasca kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to go to the number one spot. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.261, 660ft-3.184/280.60 mph.
Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.958/324.20, Now #5
Right Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.983/153.37, Now #12
Capps with a good looking run until on the top end when the car got close to the centerline. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.269, 660ft-3.207/277.66 mph.
Beckman started to haze the tires by half track and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Tommy Johnson Jr. Runs 3.939/310.98, Now #4
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.911/327.82, Now #1
This was a great side-by-side drag race.
Johnson Jr. with a good looking pass to go to the number four spot. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.880 sec., 330ft-2.249, 660ft-3.170/280.19 mph.
Hagan launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.869 sec., 330ft-2.244, 660ft-3.171/279.38 mph.
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