Tony Pedregon Takes Home Second Qualifying Spot

Quaker State Racing Funny Car

Pedregon Racing
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
O¹Reilly Auto Parts Fall Nationals ­ Texas Motorplex
Ennis, Texas
Final Qualifying Notes & Quotes

Tony Pedregon Grabs Second Qualifying Slot
Quaker State Racing Ready for Eliminations

ENNIS, Texas (Sept. 25, 2004) ­ Tony Pedregon, for the fourth time this
season, placed the Quaker State Racing Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car into the
second-qualifying position for tomorrow¹s O¹Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Nationals
at the Texas Motorplex.

Pedregon collected the second spot on the strength of a 4.810-second run at
318.02 mph set during Friday night¹s second session. He added two solid
passes today, setting up a first round match up with Phil Burkart, Jr.

³It¹s a real accomplishment with as competitive as these fields have
gotten,² Pedregon said. ³There sure were a lot of good cars behind us. We
took advantage of the good track conditions at night and we made some
progress today. 

³We have to focus on being consistent tomorrow,² Pedregon added. ³We¹ll try
to raced the conditions because this is such a high-powered track. It has a
tendency, as you can see in the field, to be very close. There¹s on 15
hundredths of a second separating the entire field. I anticipate close
racing tomorrow. Quaker State really gives us an edge, but the rest is up to
us. If we can do our part, we will be all right.²

Quaker State Racing Notebook:

QUALIFYING PROWESS: Quaker State Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car driver Tony
Pedregon has qualified within the top two positions an amazing seven times
this year. With his number-two qualifier today, Pedregon has grabbed the
second slot four times this year. He also has taken home the top spot on
three different occasions in the 2004 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
season.

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