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Funny Car Results for Elimination Round 1

LAS VEGAS - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Del Worsham (Checker Schuck's Kragen Firebir0.046 4.868 315.49 (L) Bob Gilbertson (Raybestos Firebird) 0.071 4.873 315.78 11:34 AM The temperature is 69 degrees, the relative humidity is 37% and the absolute barometer is 29.74. Worsham made it to the final round in Gainesville where he lost to Gary Densham. He qualified in the 8th position at that event, so advancing from the middle of the pack is not foreign to him. Gilbertson has had limited success this season, winning in the first round in the first two events of the year and losing in the first round in Gainesville. These guys were side-by-side all the way down the track, an excellent drag race! Del Worsham's MOV: 0.0308 seconds (approximately 14 feet). (W) Tony Pedregon (Castrol Syntec Mustang) 0.088 4.825 315.05 (L) John Force (Castrol GTX Mustang) 0.058 6.180 150.41 John Force has now qualified for a record 304 NHRA national events in a row. That's the good news. He only has one round win this season, against Dean Skuza in Phoenix. Tony Pedregon won the Winternationals in Pomona to begin the season, then lost in the second round in both Phoenix and Gainesville. Force dropped a cylinder on the hit, pushing the car toward the retaining wall. He was almost sideways at half track and he had to click it off. (W) Gary Densham (AAA of So. Cal. Mustang) 0.068 4.856 321.12 (L) Dale Creasy Jr. (Craftsman Firebird) 0.054 6.197 146.32 Creasy has struggled so far this year, a DNQ in Pomona and first round losses in Phoenix and Gainesville. Densham is coming in to this event with a round W/L record of 7-2 for the first three events, losing in the final round in Phoenix and winning it all in Gainesville. Creasy was on a good pass until about 500 feet. The car got out of shape at half track and he had to lift. (W) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) 0.064 4.812 323.58 (L) Jack Wyatt (Piranaz Firebird) 0.121 12.135 89.31 This is the first race of this season that Bazemore qualified in the top spot, though he hasn't been too far from the top in the first three races-his worst qualifying effort was in Phoenix where he qualified in the 6th position. He advanced to the semi-final rounds in both Phoenix and Gainesville. Wyatt was up in smoke almost immediately. (W) Tommy Johnson Jr. (Skoal Racing Camaro) 0.068 4.804 321.04 (L) Bob Bode (Promotorsports\Arbee Firebird) 0.066 8.915 88.73 Johnson has two round wins so far this season, both at the Winternationals where he beat John Force and Whit Bazemore before losing to Tony Pedregon. Bode struck the tires at about 150 feet and his day was over. Johnson, with his quickest pass of the weekend, will have lane choice in round two over Del Worsham. (W) Ron Capps (Skoal Racing Camaro) 0.070 4.892 314.24 (L) Johnny Gray (Checker Schuck's Kragen Firebir0.035 5.282 207.75 Gray lost in the final round at Pomona to Tony Pedregon and he's currently 5th in the points chase. Capps won it all in Phoenix, has not lost in the first round so far this year and is currently in second place in the points. Gray had this race won until he lost the blower belt at 900 feet. (W) Frank Pedregon (K&N Filters Firebird) 0.074 4.879 316.30 (L) Cruz Pedregon (Advance Auto Parts Firebird) 0.081 5.973 159.91 Cruz is looking for his first round win of this year. His brother Frank has two round wins this season, both occuring in Phoenix. Cruz got out of the groove and close to the wall on the top half of the track. Frank will give lane choice to Gary Densham in round two. (W) Scotty Cannon (Oakley Firebird) 0.074 4.976 252.99 (L) Dean Skuza (Cornwell Tools Firebird) 0.060 DQ-Centerline Cannon is searching for his first round win of the 2003 season, while Skuza is looking for his second round win of the year. Skuza got way out of shape, crossed the centerline and took out a half-track timing cone. Cannon was having problems of his own, mixing up cylinders at about 800 feet and he blew the burst panel at 1000 feet. He will give up lane choice to Whit Bazemore in the second round.

Funny Car Results for Elimination Round 2

LAS VEGAS - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Tommy Johnson Jr. (Skoal Racing Camaro) 0.069 4.880 310.41 (L) Del Worsham (Checker Schuck's Kragen Firebir0.042 5.727 177.65 1:19 PM Worsham started smoking the tires just before half track and was unable to drove through it. (W) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) 0.075 5.230 250.78 (L) Scotty Cannon (Oakley Firebird) 0.075 NT-Broke After Staging Cannon smoked the tires immediately and the engine blew up before he traveled 60 feet. Bazemore lost traction at half track, moved very close to the retaining wall at 1000 feet and blew up his engine as he crossed the finish line. This was the tenth time in a row that Bazemore has beaten Cannon in eliminations. (W) Tony Pedregon (Castrol Syntec Mustang) 0.055 4.919 279.32 (L) Ron Capps (Skoal Racing Camaro) 0.062 7.281 118.44 Capps struck the tires at 200 feet and tried to drive through it without success. The car was almost sideways at 400 feet. Pedregon advances to the semifinal round with his slowest pass of the weekend. Apparently he lost the engine in the shutdown area as the Safety Safari is working on the surface at the end of the track. (W) Gary Densham (AAA of So. Cal. Mustang) 0.262 4.887 308.78 (L) Frank Pedregon (K&N Filters Firebird) -9.999(R) NT-No Show Densham gets a free ride into the semis to face Tony Pedregon, and Densham will have lane choice. Frank Pedregon was unable to make the call to the line for this round. The word in the pressroom is, Frank Pedregon had some ignition problems that they couldn't solve.

Funny Car Results for Elimination Round 3

LAS VEGAS - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Tony Pedregon (Castrol Syntec Mustang) 0.038 5.003 288.89 (L) Gary Densham (AAA of So. Cal. Mustang) 0.071 10.289 93.58 2:54 PM Pedregon's crew hustled to get the car into the staging lanes in time for this round. Densham was up in smoke at about 200 feet. Pedregon may have hurt the engine at the end of this pass as the car had to be towed from the shutdown area. (W) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) 0.044 4.899 319.22 (L) Tommy Johnson Jr. (Skoal Racing Camaro) 0.055 4.986 248.89 Bazemore left first but Johnson had erased the deficit by the 60-foot mark. It looked like Johnson was going to win this race, but smoke started trailing from the rear of the car at about 1000 feet. He had an explosion inside the car that Johnson said resulted in a fire at the fuel tank. Tommy Johnson Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.335, 660ft-3.322/255.63mph, 1,000ft-4.158 Whit Bazemore's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.388/257.83mph, 1,000ft-4.202

Funny Car Results for Final Round

LAS VEGAS - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Tony Pedregon (Castrol Syntec Mustang) 0.057 4.916 283.07 (L) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) -0.089(R) 5.766 172.85 This is Bazemore's first final round appearance at The Strip and his 5th final round match-up with Tony Pedregon, the series tied at two wins each. Bazemore not only lit the red bulb, he did a steady drift to the left after the launch. The car was extremely close to the retaining wall at half track.

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