Sat, 01 May 2021, 17:53 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern 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: Jim Campbell Runs 4.161/307.09, Now #5; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Alexis DeJoria No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 8.386/82.21, Was #12
Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 2,189 feet.
Campbell is straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show. Jim Campbell's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.371, 660ft-3.362/259.41 mph.
DeJoria is blinking the stage bulb and never got staged in time and is timed out.
Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 6.534/98.12, Now #13; Best prior run: 8.839/75.68, Was #14
Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 4.062/300.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.606/99.97, Was #12
Lee is dropping a cylinder or two right at the hit and clicks it off.
Richards starts drifting out of the groove and over by the wall, but he goes to the number four spot. Dave Richards' incremental times: 60ft-0.903 sec., 330ft-2.293, 660ft-3.270/265.06 mph.
Left Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.005/319.60, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.769/119.03, Was #12
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.026/316.30, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.501/189.90, Was #8
Pedregon was dropping a cylinder or two on the top end. Cruz Pedregon's incremental times: 60ft-0.879 sec., 330ft-2.277, 660ft-3.236/269.35 mph.
Wilkerson had a hole or two out right in the lights. Tim Wilkerson's incremental times: 60ft-0.857 sec., 330ft-2.288, 660ft-3.250/267.22 mph.
Left Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.999/320.81, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.656/126.27, Was #12
Tasca launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.287, 660ft-3.239/271.84 mph.
Left Lane: Robert Hight Runs 5.024/152.73, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.088/154.53, Was #12
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.399/201.73, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.047/276.35, Was #6
Hight drives into tire smoke early and he clicked it off.
Alexander started to drop cylinders and clicked it off.
Left Lane: John Force Runs 9.885/74.51, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.995/159.31, Was #11
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 4.039/312.35, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.006/313.73, Was #4
Force is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
Capps is straight down the groove to go to the number four spot. Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.868 sec., 330ft-2.271, 660ft-3.255/263.36 mph.
Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.001/314.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.419/203.22, Was #10
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.442/201.82, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.982/325.69, Was #1
Hagan is straight down the groove to the number three spot. Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.250, 660ft-3.219/265.38 mph.
Todd starts to lose traction and clicks it off. He holds on to the number one spot for the 13th time in his career.
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