CDR: 2009 Funny Car Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals Qual #3

MOHNTON, Pa. - READING - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual Toyo Tires NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

There are changes aplenty in the penultimate run of qualifying. Starting at the top Bob Gilbertson slots in between Tim and Daniel Wilkerson with the fastest time of round three, moving those in 2nd-8th down a spot. The middle of pack saw positive movement from Ron Capps, who moves up three places to 9th, and Jack Wyatt who now sits in 11th spot, starting this round in 18th.

The bottom of the order holds the biggest story though. Tony Pedregon has a do a die run left to qualify to avoid missing out on a successful qualification for the first time this year. Helping to knock him down from 14th to 17th was his own brother Cruz and a potential first-time qualifier Andy Kelley.

	Driver	Car	#3	SPEED
L	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.014	294.3
L	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.160	312.8
L	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.163	312.3
L	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.196	310.8
L	Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.272	294.0
L	Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.313	288.0
L	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.344	296.5
R	John FORCE	Mustang	4.368	286.0
L	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	4.394	286.0
L	Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.429	294.0
R	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.567	285.0
R	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.624	298.0
L	Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.737	275.5
R	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.768	287.5
L	Bob BODE	Impala	4.824	279.0
L	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.865	289.5
R	Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.872	277.0
L	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	5.126	264.3
L	Jim HEAD	Solara	5.222	264.5
L	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	5.303	261.5
R	Cory LEE	Dodge	5.741	255.5
L	Jeff AREND	Solara	6.977	139.5
L	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	7.107	164.0
L	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	8.124	97.3
R	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	12.077	34.8
R	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	No Start	N/A
L	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	No Time	N/A
R	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	No Time	N/A
R	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	No Time	N/A

Order After Three Rounds

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.007
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.014
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.156
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.159
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.163
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.172
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.217
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.234
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.272
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.311
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.313
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.317
John FORCE	Mustang	4.322
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.353
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	4.394
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.429

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.433
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	4.446
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.495
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.563
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	4.568
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.728
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.735
Bob BODE	Impala	4.824
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	5.195
Cory LEE	Dodge	5.741
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	6.344
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	11.875
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	N/A