NHRA: Topeka Saturday qualifying (F/C)
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- Fri Jul 12 22:45:23 EDT 1996
Funny Car Qualifying List After Session 2, Saturday
1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by Bob & David
Pos Name Number E.T. Speed When
1 JOHN FORCE F/C 1 4.889 N/A Sat2
2 CHUCK ETCHELLS F/C 4 4.943 308.74 Sat1
3 TONY PEDREGON F/C 702 4.968 N/A Sat2
4 AL HOFMANN F/C 2 5.031 306.53 Sat1
5 TIM WILKERSON F/C 347 5.033 301.81 Sat1
6 CRUZ PEDREGON F/C 3 5.046 299.90 Fri2
7 DEAN SKUZA F/C 6 5.098 282.48 Fri1
8 WHIT BAZEMORE F/C 23 5.113 293.06 Fri2
9 GARY DENSHAM F/C 9 5.118 294.40 Fri2
10 MARK OSWALD F/C 330 5.216 274.22 Fri1
11 DEL WORSHAM F/C 750 5.227 256.92 Fri1
12 TOM HOOVER F/C 520 5.239 268.89 Sat1
13 GARY BOLGER F/C 395 5.246 291.63 Sat2
14 KENJI OKAZAKI F/C 888 5.306 288.92 Sat1
15 RAY HIGLEY F/C 711 5.330 121.63 Fri1
16 BRAD PLATT F/C 143 5.507 233.70 Sat2
17 LARRY GOULD F/C 312 5.569 277.77 Sat1
18 NORM WILDING F/C 850 5.766 182.11 Sat1
Sunday-Round 1 - Funny Car -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
F/C 2 AL HOFMANN 0.482 5.039 308.21W
F/C 395 GARY BOLGER 0.474 5.261 243.90
A new national speed record for Hofmann!
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F/C 4 CHUCK ETCHELLS 0.555 5.026 300.80W
F/C 711 RAY HIGLEY 0.534 5.089 299.30
Good runs by both cars.
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F/C 143 BRAD PLATT 1.117 N/A N/A
F/C 1 JOHN FORCE 0.528 4.983 306.01W
Platt broke about 100 feet out. Force had a very nice
run, but needs to go quicker to back up the record.
F/C 888 KENJI OKAZAKI 0.485 5.219 262.77
F/C 702 TONY PEDREGON 0.481 5.092 296.05W
Kenji lost the supercharger near the finish.
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F/C 347 TIM WILKERSON 0.555 N/A N/A
F/C 520 TOM HOOVER 0.525 5.395 210.52W
Looked like Tim lost the throttle linkage right after
the launch. Hoover shut off early.
F/C 3 CRUZ PEDREGON 0.461 5.027 300.00W
F/C 750 DEL WORSHAM 0.477 5.276 248.41
Nice run for Cruz, sets up another meeting with his
brother Tony.
F/C 330 MARK OSWALD 0.476 5.017 303.64W
F/C 6 DEAN SKUZA 0.474 5.124 283.73
A career best E/T and MPH for Mark.
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F/C 23 WHIT BAZEMORE 0.519 5.023 305.39W
F/C 9 GARY DENSHAM 0.540 5.108 292.49
Good runs by both cars.
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Sunday-Round 2 - Funny Car -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
F/C 3 CRUZ PEDREGON 0.480 4.940 310.34W
F/C 702 TONY PEDREGON 0.487 5.006 300.00
Heck of a run for Cruz! The fastest funny car run ever.
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F/C 330 MARK OSWALD 0.497 5.080 274.72W
F/C 4 CHUCK ETCHELLS 0.535 7.584 109.74
Chuck was up in smoke about 400' out, tried to pedal it
but started to get sideways and had to shut down.
F/C 23 WHIT BAZEMORE 0.485 5.085 300.90
F/C 1 JOHN FORCE 0.504 4.962 306.43W
Nice runs, but Force needs quicker to back up for the
record.
F/C 2 AL HOFMANN 0.492 6.396 163.19W
F/C 520 TOM HOOVER 0.568 13.111 72.63
Hoover shut it off about 100 feet out. Al smoked 'em,
and was pedalling that car all over the place.
Sunday-Round 3 - Funny Car -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
F/C 2 AL HOFMANN 0.476 4.986 304.25
F/C 1 JOHN FORCE 0.470 4.965 294.21W
The 1st side by side 4 second funny car run!
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F/C 3 CRUZ PEDREGON 0.495 4.925 311.20W
F/C 330 MARK OSWALD 0.489 5.102 299.50
Cruz just set already backed up E/T and MPH National
Records!
Sunday-Round 4 - Funny Car -Left lane first-
1996 NHRA Topeka 1 by David & Bob
Number Driver R/T E.T. Speed
F/C 3 CRUZ PEDREGON 0.476 4.942 304.36
F/C 1 JOHN FORCE 0.450 4.930 303.54W
What a race! John Force's 4.930 backs up as a new
national E/T record the 4.889 that he ran last night!
All information courtesy of MNI
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