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Pomona Funny Car Saturday recap: Q4

Jack Beckman’s Infinite Hero Dodge was the only Funny Car to make a full run in the final qualifying session, blasting to a 3.900 that raced him all the way to the No. 2 spot behind Robert Hight.
09 Feb 2019
NHRA National Dragster staff
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Jack Beckman

Jack Beckman’s Infinite Hero Dodge was the only Funny Car to make a full run in the final qualifying session, blasting to a 3.900 that raced him all the way to the No. 2 spot behind Robert Hight, whose Friday 3.871 stayed atop the pack. 

The top nine qualifiers are all in the threes down to world champ J.R. Todd’s 3.940. Terry Haddock sat out all three previous qualifying sessions, then snuck into the field on his only pass in Q4, coasting to a 6.926 to bump out Jeff Diehl, who smoked the tires in the lane next to him.

First-round pairings (lane choice first): Robert Hight vs. Terry Haddock; Jack Beckman vs. Phil Burkart Jr.; Tommy Johnson Jr. vs. Tim Wilkerson; Matt Hagan vs. John Force; Ron Capps vs. Gary Densham; Shawn Langdon vs. Jim Campbell; Cruz Pedregon vs. Frank Pedregon; Bob Tasca III vs. J.R. Todd

Final qualifying order:

1Robert Hight3.871
2Jack Beckman3.900
3Tommy Johnson Jr3.904
4Matt Hagan3.909
5Ron Capps3.915
6Shawn Langdon3.927
7Cruz Pedregon3.930
8Bob Tasca III3.939
9J.R. Todd3.940
10Frank Pedregon4.012
11Jim Campbell4.024
12Gary Densham4.072
13John Force4.101
14Tim Wilkerson4.120
15Phil Burkart Jr.5.200
16Terry Haddock6.926
17Jeff Diehl7.831