CDR: 2009 Funny Car NHRA Midwest Nationals Qual #2

MADISON, Ill. - ST. LOUIS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 13th annual O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Castrol listing lane, driver name, vehicle, elapsed time, and top speed:

A new pairing sit at the top halfway through qualifying with Matt Hagan coming close to four seconds dead, and Del Worsham the only other driver so far to get under 4.2. Tim Wilkerson moves up from fourteenth to fifth, and Bob Bode avoids any wheelspin this time to reach seventh.

	Driver	Car	#2	SPEED
L	Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.011	290.8
R	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.123	307.3
R	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.223	310.3
R	Bob BODE	Impala	4.235	294.3
R	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.282	289.0
R	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.301	287.0
R	Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.353	305.5
L	Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.418	298.0
R	Jeff AREND	Solara	4.432	285.5
L	Jim HEAD	Solara	4.470	285.5
R	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.510	281.0
R	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.517	278.0
L	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	4.531	278.5
L	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.563	279.5
L	John FORCE	Mustang	4.567	275.5
R	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.577	286.0
R	Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.592	293.0
R	Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.766	277.0
L	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.177	280.8
R	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	5.331	272.5
L	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	5.530	265.5
L	Cory LEE	Dodge	5.545	274.5
L	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	8.732	68.5
R	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	9.926	64.0
R	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	11.265	37.3
R	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	No Start	N/A
R	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	No Time	N/A
R	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	No Time	N/A
R	Mike NEFF	Mustang	No Time	N/A

Order After Round Two

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.011
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.123
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.168
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.171
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.223
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.230
Bob BODE	Impala	4.235
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.293
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.301
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.370
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.379
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.418
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.432
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.437
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.470
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.485

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	4.531
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.563
John FORCE	Mustang	4.567
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.577
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.609
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	4.727
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.156
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	5.530
Cory LEE	Dodge	5.545
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	7.919
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	8.732
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	11.265
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	No Time