CDR 2009 Qual #2 - Virginia NHRA Nationals

DINWIDDIE, Va. - RICHMOND - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Funny Car at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Virginia NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

The title contenders are #1 and #2 at the midpoint of qualification. Bob Tasca III .043 seconds faster than Tony Pedregon. Ashley Force-Hood is beat up a little as she drops from second to sixth, overtaken as she was by Del Worsham, Robert Hight and Tim Wilkerson.

Three men enter the top sixteen: Brian Thiel, John Force and Bob Bode all improve from obscurity to thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth respectively. This bumps down Jack Wyatt, Grant Downing and Jim Head while Jeff Arend hangs on in there in sixteenth place.

	Driver	Car	#2	SPEED
R	Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.116	302.8
L	Tony PEDREGON	Impala	4.159	304.3
L	Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.171	290.8
R	Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.210	305.3
R	Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.213	314.0
R	Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.274	308.0
L	Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.361	307.5
L	Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.416	305.0
R	Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.447	292.5
R	Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.470	289.0
R	John FORCE	Mustang	4.480	280.0
R	Bob BODE	Impala	4.542	285.0
R	Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.558	289.5
L	Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.563	276.5
L	Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.588	279.5
L	Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.589	291.0
R	Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.593	299.5
L	Jeff AREND	Solara	4.635	276.5
R	Cruz PEDREGON	Solara	4.708	275.5
L	John SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.991	293.5
L	Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	5.266	272.3
R	Leif HELANDER	Camaro	5.476	260.5
R	Andy KELLEY	Stratus	5.492	271.5
L	Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	6.291	222.0
R	Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	9.293	69.8
L	Cory LEE	Dodge	12.679	31.8
L	Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	No Time	N/A
L	Jim HEAD	Solara	No Time	N/A
R	Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	No Time	N/A

Order After Two Rounds

Driver	Car	Fast Time
Bob TASCA III	Mustang	4.116
Tony PEDRAGON	Impala	4.159
Del WORSHAM	Solara	4.171
Robert HIGHT	Mustang	4.210
Tim WILKERSON	Mustang	4.213
Ashley FORCE-HOOD	Mustang	4.217
Mike NEFF	Mustang	4.270
Bob GILBERTSON	Stratus	4.404
Daniel WILKERSON	Impala	4.416
Matt HAGAN	Charger	4.425
Jack BECKMAN	Charger	4.447
Ron CAPPS	Charger	4.459
Brian THIEL	Monte Carlo	4.470
John FORCE	Mustang	4.480
Bob BODE	Impala	4.542
Jeff AREND	Solara	4.575

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Driver	Car	Fast Time
Gary DENSHAM	Impala	4.588
Jack WYATT	Firebird	4.589
Jim HEAD	Solara	4.682
Cruz PEDRAGON	Solara	4.708
Grant DOWNING	Monte Carlo	4.739
John SMITH	Monte Carlo	4.991
Jerry TOLIVER	Monte Carlo	5.396
Leif HELANDER	Camaro	5.476
Andy KELLEY	Stratus	5.492
Terry HADDOCK	Stratus	6.291
Mike SMITH	Monte Carlo	7.661
Cory LEE	Dodge	12.679
Justin SCHRIEFER	Camaro	No Time