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Sun, 20 Mar 2005, 02:39 PM

Funny Car Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 36th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Del Worsham                             3 Gary Scelzi                  
E2                   0.091  7.604 121.29     ****WINNER****  0.110  4.851 320.51
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Bartone   ) 0.101  4.886 320.39      (R Capps     ) 0.111  4.857 319.48
 Qualified:             #4  4.803 322.34                        #5  4.815 310.77

Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.93 inches, adjusted altitude 1,098 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Worsham is out of the gate first, but Scelzi has the difference made up by 150 feet and then just drive away for the win. Worsham with a lot tire smoke.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Whit Bazemore                        7000 Robert Hight                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.075  4.917 315.45                     0.119  5.253 261.39
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Pedregon  ) 0.068  4.869 316.67      (D Creasy Jr ) 0.131  4.809 320.05
 Qualified:             #8  4.862 313.26                        #1  4.749 325.96

This is the 65th different that Bazemore has faced and he is out of the gate first. Hight started to smoke the tires just before half track and Bazemore moves out of the second round for only the third time here in Gainesville.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  206 Bob Gilbertson                          5 Eric Medlen                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.158  4.909 309.70                     0.150  5.260 220.75
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Pedregon  ) 0.086  4.924 311.41      (T Wilkerson ) 0.136  4.824 322.69
 Qualified:            #10  4.887 311.63                        #2  4.773 326.08

Medlen with a slight advantage on the starting line, but Gilbertson has the lead at half track. It was at half track when Medlen had a whisp of tire smoke, but stayed with it.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  170 Jeff Arend                              1 John Force                   
E2                   0.098  5.167 240.96     ****WINNER****  0.102  4.912 304.87
 Prior rounds:
E1    (T Johnson Jr) 0.060  4.928 301.60      (J Head      ) 0.119  4.847 323.04
 Qualified:            #11  4.887 304.56                        #3  4.775 329.42

This is the fourth time these two have raced and Force has won all the races.
Arend with a slight starting line advantage, but Force has the difference made up early and just motored on into round two.

Force will give up lane choice to Gilbertson and Scelzi will have lane choice over Bazemore in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink