CDR: 2009 Funny Car O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals Qual #3

TOPEKA, Kan. - TOPEKA - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 21st annual O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX listing lane, driver name, vehicle, elapsed time, and top speed:

The fastest time of the third found was also the fastest time so far launching Del Worsham up from sixteenth. Ron Capps jumped up four spots to seventh, and Tony Pedregon finally makes his presence known as ninth quickest. John Smith, Tim Wilkerson and  Jack Beckman are forced out of the qualifying places, and Bob Gilbertson remains in limbo.

	Driver	Car	#3	SPEED
L	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.213	313.3
L	Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.304	286.0
L	Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.335	288.5
L	Jeff AREND	Solara	4.417	293.5
R	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.429	308.5
L	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.435	298.0
R	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.436	287.0
R	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.447	290.0
R	Bob BODE	Impala	4.457	285.0
R	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.464	305.0
R	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.532	286.0
L	Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.539	280.0
L	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.543	292.5
L	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.544	291.0
R	John FORCE	Mustang	4.579	294.0
R	Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.591	296.0
R	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	4.825	282.5
L	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.878	292.0
L	Jim HEAD	Solara	4.951	282.5
R	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	5.314	284.8
R	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	5.315	271.8
R	Matt HAGAN	Charger	5.348	270.3
L	Cory LEE	Dodge	5.479	283.5
L	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	8.320	69.0
L	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	8.917	60.5
L	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	9.711	55.3
L	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	10.562	46.0
R	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	10.870	42.8
R	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	11.093	35.3

Order After Round Three

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.213
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.223
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.232
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.241
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.269
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.304
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.304
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.308
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.335
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.384
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.417
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.420
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.436
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	4.448
Bob BODE	Impala	4.457
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.477

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.496
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.525
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.532
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.537
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.544
John FORCE	Mustang	4.579
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.585
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.591
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	4.591
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	4.825
Cory LEE	Dodge	5.479
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	5.754
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	9.711