CDR: 2009 Funny Car Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Qual #2

NORWALK, Ohio - NORWALK - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Third annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, vehicle, elapsed time, and top speed:

Robert Hight stays a step ahead of both Mike Neff and Bob Tasca III by putting in the fastest time of the second round, keeping him in second place behind Ron Capps. Jim Head makes his way into a qualifying spot, ahead of eighth-place Ashley Force-Hood. Leif Helendar and Del Worsham are big losers as neither of them put in a time, dropping the pair of them down seven places, outside of the qualifying times. Bob Bode, who had trouble himself for his first run, launched up enough to grab sixteenth spot.

	Driver	Car	#2	SPEED
R	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.188	307.8
R	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.213	307.3
R	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.219	298.8
L	Jim HEAD	Solara	4.280	294.0
R	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.280	291.0
R	Jeff AREND	Solara	4.308	292.0
L	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.343	304.0
R	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.390	295.0
R	Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.398	290.5
L	Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.415	290.5
R	Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.434	301.5
R	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.455	288.5
R	Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.478	291.0
L	John FORCE	Mustang	4.487	306.0
R	Bob BODE	Impala	4.521	286.0
L	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	4.530	292.5
L	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.869	279.5
L	Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.926	286.0
R	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.235	269.5
R	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	5.326	287.0
R	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.447	267.5
L	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	8.972	58.5
R	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	10.023	46.0
R	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	10.776	36.0
L	Cory LEE	Dodge	11.292	51.0
R	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	11.297	44.8
R	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	N/A	N/A
L	Del WORSHAM	Solara	N/A	N/A
R	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	No Start	N/A

Order After Round Two

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.166
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.188
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.213
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.219
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.263
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.280
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.280
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.291
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.308
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.384
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.390
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.398
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.409
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.415
John FORCE	Mustang	4.487
Bob BODE	Impala	4.521

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	4.530
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	4.564
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.567
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.869
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.235
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.263
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	5.326
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	5.489
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	8.912
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	8.972
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	9.712
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	10.023
Cory LEE	Dodge	11.292