Tony Pedregon Grabs 12th Qualifying Position

NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES

Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Bandimere Speedway ­ Morrison, Colo.
Q Racing Nitro Funny Car  - Pedregon Racing
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series

Tony Pedregon Grabs 12th Qualifying Position
Q Racing Nitro Funny Car Prepares for Sunday

MORRISON, Colo. (July 16, 2005) ­ Tony Pedregon took his Q Racing Nitro
Funny Car to the 12th qualifying position for tomorrowıs running of the
Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Speedway.

Pedregon logged a 4.951-second elapsed time at 289.32 mph during the first
session, which held through todayıs qualifying. The California native talked
about his fourth and final run today (5.01 seconds), which he felt was the
most complete of the weekend.

³We thought we could have made a better run,² said the 2003 POWERade Funny
Car World Champion. ³But I feel like that will help us for tomorrow. We made
it down the track and the information we received was invaluable.

³These cars have advanced so much this past year that a lot of the data we
had from last year has been a little outdated,² Pedregon continued. ³Itıs
been difficult to get the clutch and timing where it should be, so weıve
been burning some pistons this weekend.²

Pedregon will face off against No. 5 qualifier Del Worsham in round one
tomorrow.

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