CDR: 2009 Funny Car Mac Tools U.S Nationals Qual #2

CLERMONT, Ind. - INDY - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 55th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Brian Thiel has only qualified in three of the last eight events, but here he leads the way over Ashley Force-Hood's first run time by almost a tenth of a second. Tony Pedregon moves on up to third, and fourth place Jack Wyatt put his No Time behind him. Daniel Wilkerson moves up from thirteenth to eighth and Mike Smith also has a place in the top ten, an improvement of five spots.

Bob Gilbertson is another driver who moves up into a qualifying spot after he failed to register a time in his first attempt, and all this moving and shaking in the order has bumped Matt Hagan down to seventeenth from eleventh.

	Driver	Car	#2	SPEED
R	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.042	290.8
R	Tony PEDREGON	Impala	4.189	300.3
L	Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.190	305.8
R	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.281	302.5
L	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.293	291.5
R	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.293	291.0
R	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.462	282.5
R	Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.462	289.0
L	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.473	294.5
L	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.482	287.5
R	Cruz PEDREGON	Solara	4.489	293.0
R	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.508	284.0
L	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.511	290.5
R	Jeff AREND	Solara	4.521	289.0
L	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.550	291.0
L	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.578	284.5
L	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	4.606	276.0
L	Jim HEAD	Solara	5.150	274.8
R	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	5.340	279.3
R	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	5.460	260.3
L	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.639	258.8
R	Cory LEE	Dodge	5.716	241.0
R	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	6.812	195.8
L	Bob BODE	Impala	7.982	108.3
L	Matt HAGAN	Charger	9.976	64.5
R	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	10.576	51.0
R	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	10.773	46.5
R	John FORCE	Mustang	No Time	N/A
R	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	No Time	N/A

Order After Round Two

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.042
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.137
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.189
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.190
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.213
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.216
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.223
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.281
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.293
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.293
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	4.335
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.348
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.444
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.481
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.489
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.508

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.517
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.550
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	4.606
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	4.753
Bob BODE	Impala	4.773
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.821
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	4.913
John FORCE	Mustang	5.004
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	5.294
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	5.460
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.639
Cory LEE	Dodge	5.716
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	10.576