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Sunday 27 March 2011

CDR: 2009 Funny Car Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals Elim #1

POMONA, Calif. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Kragen O'Reilly NHRA Winternationals:

Seedings

1 Tony PEDRAGON Impala
2 Ron CAPPS Charger
3 Bob TASCA III Mustang
4 Ashley FORCE-HOOD Mustang
5 John FORCE Mustang
6 Bob GILBERTSON Stratus
7 Jeff AREND Solara
8 Jack WYATT Firebird
9 Brian THIEL Monte Carlo
10 Jerry TOLIVER Monte Carlo
11 Tim WILKERSON Mustang
12 Del WORSHAM Solara
13 Grant DOWNING Monte Carlo
14 Robert HIGHT Mustang
15 Matt HAGAN Charger
16 Bob BODE Impala


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 8 R Jack WYATT Firebird 0.062 4.029 292.8
L 9 L Brian THIEL Monte Carlo 0.023 4.065 298.8

The opening race saw Brian Thiel get away fastest, but found himself falling back halfway through allowing Jack Wyatt to just edge him home on the popular right lane.


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 10 L Jerry TOLIVER Monte Carlo 0.087 4.954 279.0
L 7 R Jeff AREND Solara 0.046 7.400 245.8

It was all looking good for Jeff Arend until halfway down the track when he had to control the wheelspin, leaving Jerry Toliver to pick up the victory.


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 11 L Tim WILKERSON Mustang 0.093 4.180 296.3
L 6 R Bob GILBERTSON Stratus 0.097 9.146 98.5

Both drivers had to slap the pedal early on with Bob Gilbertson unable to correct in time.


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 12 L Del WORSHAM Solara 0.082 4.384 304.5
L 5 R John FORCE Mustang 0.100 5.137 287.3

More spinning wheels down the right side of the track was enough to put Del Worsham over his opponent despite some minor mechanical trouble before the line.


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 1 R Tony PEDRAGON Impala 0.053 4.134 309.3
L 16 L Bob BODE Impala 0.116 5.832 258.5

Bob Bode won't be at all happy when he takes a look at his time sheet, and this was compounded by a major problem with the inner workings of his car. The younger of the Pedregon brothers will be ecstatic over his first race following on from finishing top of qualifying.


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 2 R Ron CAPPS Charger 0.082 4.189 294.0
L 15 L Matt HAGAN Charger 0.086 4.789 271.0

Both men left together, but Ron Capps was able to ease away down the whole length of the track for a faultless win.


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 4 R Ashley FORCE-HOOD Mustang 0.103 4.481 286.0
L 13 L Grant DOWNING Monte Carlo 0.112 12.753 51.8

The penultimate race of the first elimination round was a cruise for Force-Hood despite the sloppy start. Grant Downing's clutch gave him all kinds of problems, ultimately leading into a lot of work on the pedal as the wheels spun up big time.


W/L # L Driver Car R/T E.T. Speed
W 3 R Bob TASCA III Mustang 0.095 4.029 305.8
L 14 L Robert Hight Mustang 0.102 4.713 287.0

The final place was settled with Bob Tasca III matching Jack Wyatt's time exactly. A little wheelspin was enough to end any hope of Robert Hight coming back, but the race looked to be long decided at that point.

Second Elimination Round Schedule (Asterisk indicates fastest driver in previous round and gets the lane choice)
(2)* Ron Capps vs Jerry Toliver (10)
(4) Ashley Force-Hood vs Del Worsham (12)*
(1)* Tony Pedragon vs Jack Wyatt (8)
(3)* Bob Tasca III vs Tim Wilkerson (11)

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