CDR: 2009 Funny Car NHRA Northwest Nationals Qual #3

KENT, Wash. - SEATTLE - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual NHRA Northwest Nationals listing lane, driver name, vehicle, elapsed time, and top speed:

Mike Neff drops all the way from second to sixth place with John Smith leading the new pack up the order with a time of 4.001. Daniel Wilkerson makes the biggest improvement shooting all the way up twelfth from twenty-eighth, and he is joined in the top sixteen by Ron Capps. Tony Pedregon is one qualifying run away from a shock result as he currently sits in nineteenth spot. Jim Head and Jack Beckman join him on the outside looking in.

	Driver	Car	#3	SPEED
L	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.001	293.3
L	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.121	314.0
L	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.138	311.3
L	Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.148	300.8
L	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.204	311.3
L	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.272	305.5
R	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.324	292.0
L	Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.337	290.0
L	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.343	293.5
L	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.417	298.0
L	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.421	301.0
L	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.601	277.5
L	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.673	290.0
L	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.869	277.5
L	Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.877	288.0
R	Cory LEE	Dodge	5.227	283.8
R	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	5.361	271.5
L	Jack WYATT	Firebird	5.377	264.0
R	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	5.603	270.0
R	Jeff AREND	Solara	7.018	177.0
R	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	8.677	87.0
R	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	8.911	91.2
L	John FORCE	Mustang	9.264	74.0
L	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	11.168	51.0
L	Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	No Start	N/A
L	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	No Start	N/A
L	Jim HEAD	Solara	No Start	N/A
L	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	No Start	N/A
R	Bob BODE	Impala	No Time	N/A

Order After Round Three

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Del WORSHAM	Solara	3.985
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.001
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.121
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.138
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.148
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.149
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.178
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.201
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.204
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.272
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.309
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.324
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.330
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.337
John FORCE	Mustang	4.405
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	4.411

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.468
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.482
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.523
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	4.524
Bob BODE	Impala	4.551
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	4.582
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.589
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.648
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.653
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	4.781
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.822
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	4.993
Cory LEE	Dodge	5.227