Sun, 27 Oct 2002, 04:21 PM Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  11 Ron Capps           4.891 313.00  Q    3 Whit Bazemore       4.791 325.85
   (S Cannon    ) 0.471  4.890 316.45  E1   (C Pedregon  ) 0.486  5.045 322.11
 *****WINNER***** 0.471  4.883 317.49  E2                  0.490  6.737 131.04

12:59 PM Bazemore smoked the tires at 300 feet, pedaled it and smoked 'em again a couple hundred feet farther down the track.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Bruce Sarver        4.773 317.12  Q    9 Tim Wilkerson       4.879 310.27
   (B Bode      ) 0.496  4.879 300.40  E1   (T Johnson Jr) 0.481  4.936 302.82
                  0.493 No Time        E2 *****WINNER***** 0.491  4.884 311.63

Sarver smoked the tires on the hit then blew the burst panel at 100 feet. Wilkerson was to the left of the groove on the top half of the track but still ran decent numbers.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Gary Densham        4.829 310.13  Q    4 John Force          4.793 322.81
   (D Creasy Jr ) 0.493  4.817 321.04  E1   (F Pedregon  ) 0.498  4.920 304.87
                  0.494  8.035 106.61  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.464  4.803 323.19

Densham smoked the tires at about 100 feet, pedaled it and smoked them again at 300 feet. Force will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the semi's.

Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Tony Pedregon       4.786 322.73  Q    7 Del Worsham         4.856 318.84
   (B Gilbertson) 0.460  4.858 314.31  E1   (D Skuza     ) 0.484  5.584 242.41
 *****WINNER***** 0.437  4.897 307.72  E2                  0.503  4.888 317.42

A very good side-by-side drag race! Pedregon, with the excellent reaction time, was a little bit ahead all the way down the track. He will give lane choice to Capps in the semi's.