Fri, 22 Mar 2024, 21:11 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Reporter |
POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 64th annual NHRA Winternationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Right Lane: Alex Miladinovich No Time, Now #1
Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 50 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,156 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.
Miladinovich fired the car and rolled through the water, but lost fire.
Left Lane: Chris Morel No Time, Now #3
Right Lane: Jason Rupert Runs 7.608/90.68, Now #1
Morel with problems on the burnout and is pushed back to the starting line. He can't get the car to move forward and is shut off.
Rupert over powered the track right at the hit and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Steven Densham Runs 11.841/78.11, Now #3
Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.050/306.81, Now #1
Densham with problems getting the car to start, finally he does and shortens up his burnout routine. He loses traction right at the hit and clicks it off.
Diehl is straight down the groove with a good clean pass.
Left Lane: Bobby Bode Runs 5.361/134.39, Now #3
Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 4.502/205.44, Now #2
Bode with tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off.
Richards starts lose traction around half track and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Jim Campbell No Time, Now #9
Right Lane: Buddy Hull Runs 6.076/121.05, Now #4
Campbell's car breaks as he starts the burnout. The car is then locked up, so they get the driver out of the car.
Hull starts to lose traction and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 4.014/314.31, Now #1
Right Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 4.669/188.31, Now #4
Wilkerson is straight down the groove to the number one spot.
Haddock started to get loose before half track and we he clicked it off the popped the blower.
Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 6.049/110.95, Now #6
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 6.435/105.62, Now #8
Lee starts to lose traction right off the starting line and clicks it off.
Pedregon is up in smoke early and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria No Time, Now #15
Right Lane: John Force No Time, Now #14
DeJoria starts to lose traction early and she pedals it and gets real loose. The car is completely sideways and tags the wall.
Force starts to smoke the tires and pedals it and gets real loose and crosses the centerline.
Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.454/195.59, Now #3
Right Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.238/147.12, Now #6
Hagan started to haze the tires and clicked it off.
Capps was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Chad Green Runs 4.110/302.96, Now #3
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.201/247.93, Now #4
Green was on a good looking pass until on the top end when it hazed the tires. He still goes to the number three spot. Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.890 sec., 330ft-2.320, 660ft-3.315/262.23 mph.
Tasca started to lose traction and pedaled it. He started to lose traction again and clicked it off early. He still goes to the number four spot. Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.880 sec., 330ft-2.258, 660ft-3.239/241.63 mph.
Left Lane: Austin Prock Runs 4.758/229.31, Now #9
Right Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 4.615/272.56, Now #7
Prock starts to lose traction and pedals it a couple times to get in the show.
Todd started to lose traction and pedals it and gets into the top half of the show.
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