Las Vegas Nationals

Friday
Results for Qualifying Round 1
LAS VEGAS - LAS VEGAS 2 - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals

listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Left Lane: Jeff Diehl Runs 4.439/221.13, Now #12:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 28.00 inches, adjusted altitude 3,568 feet, track temperature 92 degrees. Diehl was on a decent pass then the car nosed over about 800 feet out.

Left Lane: Grant Downing Runs 4.323/245.32, Now #1
Right Lane: Bob Bode Runs 5.621/126.74, Now #3

Bode gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires, then backs off the throttle. No problems for Downing, right down the middle of the lane.

Left Lane: Gary Densham Runs 5.273/139.86, Now #3
Right Lane: Jim Head No Time, Now #5

Densham gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires, then clicks it off. Head gets out of the groove about 300 feet out then makes a hard move to the left and takes out the 330 foot timing block.

Left Lane: Jerry Toliver Runs 5.405/118.03, Now #4
Right Lane: Jeff Arend Runs 7.608/87.49, Now #6

Arend gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires; Toliver just a little further than goes up in smoke.

Left Lane: Matt Hagan Runs 4.134/306.12, Now #1
Right Lane: Cruz Pedregon Runs 7.281/82.72, Now #7

Pedregon gets about 200 feet out and goes up in smoke. hagan makes a tremendous run, right down the groove, not a hint of tire smoke and he takes the early pole.

Left Lane: Mike Neff Runs 4.184/299.66, Now #2
Right Lane: John Force Runs 4.185/302.28, Now #3

A good side by side, Neff and Force were glued together all the way through the run.

Left Lane: Del Worsham Runs 4.155/306.12, Now #3
Right Lane: Bob Tasca III Runs 4.136/307.02, Now #2

A couple of good passes, both go right down the groove and get in the second and third spots.

Left Lane: Jack Beckman Runs 4.121/305.01, Now #1
Right Lane: Tim Wilkerson Runs 4.163/292.77, Now #5

Beckman goes right down the groove and takes the top spot for now. Wilkerson makes a decent pass.

Left Lane: Ron Capps Runs 5.578/126.09, Now #13
Right Lane: Tony Pedregon Runs 4.133/304.74, Now #2

Capps gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires, then backs off the throttle. Pedregon makes a good pass to get in the second spot for now.

Left Lane: A. Force Hood Runs 4.163/303.23, Now #7
Right Lane: Robert Hight Runs 4.090/305.42, Now #1

Force-Hood was moving around all the way through the run, first making a quick move to the right, then back to the left, but she never backs off the throttle and makes a decent pass. hight makes a very impressive run, right down the groove, and he takes the top spot and picks up the three bonus points.
Author: MReeves