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Phoenix Funny Car Saturday results: Q2

Nine drivers joined Friday leader Matt Hagan in the three-second zone atop the Funny Car pack after two qualifying sessions, with two-time world champ Robert Hight leading the way with a 3.882.
23 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
Race coverage
Robert Hight

Nine drivers joined Friday leader Matt Hagan in the three-second zone atop the Funny Car pack after two qualifying sessions, with two-time world champ Robert Hight leading the way with a 3.882.

Hight, who opened the season with a victory at the Winternationals, was followed by Tim Wilkerson’s 3.895 while Hagan made another three-second pass, backing up his earlier 3.94 with a 3.900.

Blake Alexander, competing in his first Funny Car race in three seasons, bounced back from a safety-system snafu Friday to record a career-best (in Funny Car that is) 4.035 that has him qualified No. 11.

Qualifying order after Q2:

1 Robert Hight 3.882
2 Tim Wilkerson 3.895
3 Matt Hagan 3.900
4 J.R. Todd 3.911
5 Tommy Johnson Jr 3.911
6 Bob Tasca III 3.933
7 Shawn Langdon 3.940
8 John Force 3.950
9 Ron Capps 3.951
10 Cruz Pedregon 3.960
11 Blake Alexander 4.035
12 Terry Haddock 4.925
13 Jim Campbell 5.004
14 Jeff Diehl 5.843
15 Jack Beckman 6.594
16 Gary Densham 7.886
17 Phil Burkart Jr. 11.509


[Q1 recap]