CDR: 2009 Funny Car Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Qual #2

BRAINERD, Minn. - BRAINERD - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, vehicle, elapsed time, and top speed:

Bob Gilbertson jumps a couple of places, the second driver after Mike Neff, who was two-thousandths behind his leading time, to get under 4.2 seconds let alone 4.1s. Tim Wilkerson and Brian Thiel motor all the way up to sixth and eighth, and Jerry Toliver also enters the top sixteen leaving Bob Bode, Del Worsham and Jack Wyatt in the cold with two runs to go.

	Driver	Car	#2	SPEED
L	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.038	298.3
L	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.062	291.8
L	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.303	296.0
L	Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.306	299.5
L	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.327	295.5
L	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.351	286.5
R	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.352	286.5
L	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.380	300.5
R	Jeff AREND	Solara	4.424	295.5
L	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.527	284.0
R	Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.533	289.5
L	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.560	282.0
R	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.581	287.0
R	John FORCE	Mustang	4.626	298.0
R	Jim HEAD	Solara	4.764	274.5
R	Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.868	278.0
L	Ron CAPPS	Charger	5.138	394.0
R	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.165	271.3
R	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	5.607	269.0
L	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	5.621	269.0
L	Cory LEE	Dodge	5.793	269.0
R	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	6.419	232.5
R	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	8.009	91.5
R	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	11.287	58.8
R	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	11.832	51.3
L	Bob BODE	Impala	12.784	39.8
R	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	No Start	N/A
R	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	No Start	N/A
R	Jack WYATT	Firebird	No Start	N/A

Order After Two Rounds

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.036
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.062
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.203
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.280
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.298
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.303
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.322
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.327
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.335
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.351
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.352
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.380
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.424
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.427
John FORCE	Mustang	4.480
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.527

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.559
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.730
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.764
Bob BODE	Impala	4.845
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	4.862
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.868
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.165
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	5.621
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	5.649
Cory LEE	Dodge	5.793
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	6.419
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	8.453
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	11.287