Sat, 12 Oct 2024, 18:27 PM Funny Car Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals 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:

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Left Lane: Buddy Hull Runs 4.113/304.32, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.168/304.75, Was #19
Right Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.223/250.31, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.129/283.70, Was #17

4:58 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,159 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Hull makes his quickest run of the weekend and moves up a couple of spots but doesn't get in the qualified field. Diehl got out of the groove late in the run and backed off of the throttle.

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Left Lane: Chris King Runs 4.475/215.11, Now #19; Best prior run: 4.131/301.51, Was #19
Right Lane: Chad Green Runs 3.968/314.84, Now #13; Best prior run: 4.066/268.61, Was #15

King has problems and is off of the throttle early. Green goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 13th spot.

Chad Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.885 sec., 330ft-2.267, 660ft-3.201/274.84 mph.

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Left Lane: Terry Haddock Runs 5.075/149.33, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.100/282.11, Was #16

Haddock has traction problems about 400 feet out and has to give up on the run.

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Left Lane: Alexis DeJoria Runs 4.960/155.89, Now #11; Best prior run: 3.915/327.51, Was #11
Right Lane: Dave Richards Runs 3.920/315.99, Now #12; Best prior run: 3.991/314.05, Was #14

DeJoria gets about 400 feet out, strikes the tires and gives up on the run. Richards goes down the groove with a career best ET, the quickest run of the round so far, and he moves up a couple of spots in the order.

Dave Richards' incremental times: 60ft-0.873 sec., 330ft-2.232, 660ft-3.157/278.50 mph.

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Left Lane: J.R. Todd Runs 3.928/322.14, Now #10; Best prior run: 3.913/326.44, Was #10
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 3.931/328.90, Now #13; Best prior run: 3.942/277.67, Was #13

Todd slows from best attempt yesterday. Tasca improves a little but not enough to move him up in the order.

Bob Tasca III's incremental times: 60ft-0.877 sec., 330ft-2.261, 660ft-3.187/281.32 mph.

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Left Lane: Paul Lee Runs 3.914/324.56, Now #8; Best prior run: 3.889/323.60, Was #8
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 4.086/257.04, Now #7; Best prior run: 3.878/325.90, Was #7

Lee goes down the groove with a decent pass but doesn't improve. Pedregon gets about 900 feet out and the car noses over, not sure why.

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Left Lane: Daniel Wilkerson Runs 3.969/284.99, Now #6; Best prior run: 3.871/327.68, Was #6
Right Lane: Blake Alexander Runs 4.435/195.92, Now #4; Best prior run: 3.833/326.37, Was #4

Wilkerson gets about 800 feet out and it looks like he may have lost a blower belt. Alexander get about 400 feet out and lost traction.

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Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 3.899/329.62, Now #5; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 3.960/328.06, Now #2; No Prior Run

Capps goes down the groove with an impressive run for the conditions, the quickest of the round so far. Hagan makes a decent pass but doesn't improve.

Ron Capps' incremental times: 60ft-0.875 sec., 330ft-2.246, 660ft-3.160/284.06 mph.

Matt Hagan's incremental times: 60ft-0.882 sec., 330ft-2.283, 660ft-3.214/280.11 mph.

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Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 3.908/325.38, Now #3; Best prior run: 3.825/331.49, Was #3
Right Lane: Austin Prock Runs 3.901/328.76, Now #1; Best prior run: 3.813/333.09, Was #1

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good passes.

Jack Beckman's incremental times: 60ft-0.868 sec., 330ft-2.246, 660ft-3.162/282.08 mph.
Austin Prock's incremental times: 60ft-0.872 sec., 330ft-2.242, 660ft-3.158/283.11 mph.

Prock is starting from the number one spot for the 13th time this year.

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