CDR: 2009 Funny Car NHRA Midwest Nationals Qual #3

MADISON, Ill. - ST. LOUIS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol listing lane, driver name, vehicle, elapsed time, and top speed:

Bob Gilbertson slots in behind leader Matt Hagan, with Bob Tasca III also jumping over Del Worsham who is now in fourth. A big winner in the penultimate qualifying round was Mike Smith who had really struggled before he put in the seventh best time so far. Daniel Wilkerson is the unlucky driver who has to sit in seventeenth with one round to go, and both John Force and Jack Beckman are in danger of missing out on making the cut. Every driver has now put in a time of under six seconds.

	Driver	Car	#3	SPEED
R	Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.033	296.8
L	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.038	292.8
L	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.043	301.3
L	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.229	295.8
L	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.248	293.0
L	Bob BODE	Impala	4.285	295.0
L	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.450	291.5
L	Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.456	305.0
L	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.478	282.5
R	Jim HEAD	Solara	4.546	292.5
L	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.565	299.5
L	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	4.594	292.0
L	Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.709	283.0
L	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.994	285.5
L	Ron CAPPS	Charger	5.212	292.8
L	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	5.231	290.8
L	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	5.371	278.0
R	John FORCE	Mustang	5.423	276.0
R	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.585	268.0
L	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	5.789	290.0
R	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	5.999	252.5
R	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	7.831	108.5
R	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	7.851	194.0
L	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	8.073	109.8
L	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	8.977	84.5
R	Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	10.832	58.3
R	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	No Start	N/A
R	Cory LEE	Dodge	No Start	N/A
L	Jeff AREND	Solara	No Start	N/A

Order After Round Three

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.011
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.038
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.043
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.123
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.171
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.223
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.229
Bob BODE	Impala	4.235
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.248
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.293
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.301
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.379
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.418
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.432
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.437
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.470

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.485
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	4.531
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.563
John FORCE	Mustang	4.567
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.577
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	4.594
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.609
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.156
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	5.231
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	5.530
Cory LEE	Dodge	5.545
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	5.789
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	5.999