Cruz Pedregon Friday Qualifying Notes

21st Annual NHRA Nationals
 Maple Grove Raceway– Mohnton, Pa.
 Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing
 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series
 
 Cruz Pedregon Starts Maple Grove Weekend in 15TH
 Advance Auto Parts Driver Readies For Saturday Sessions
 
 Mohnton, Pa. (September 16, 2005) –Cruz Pedregon and the Advance Auto Parts
Nitro Funny Car 
completed the first two rounds of qualifying at Maple Grove Raceway today in
the 15th 
spot.
 
The California resident logged a 4.927-second elapsed time at 312.13 mph
during the second pass
of the day setting up two important qualifying sessions for tomorrow.
Pedregon talked about their
qualifying strategy.
 
 “Today, it was a huge effort to make sure the car went down the track,”
Pedregon explained.
“We’re being conservative so we don’t make any erratic mistakes like smoking
the tires. I want to
make sure the Advance Auto Parts team qualifies for Sunday’s eliminations.
We have a really good
car and tomorrow we may step the game up a bit.”
 
Pedregon’s first effort of the weekend gave him a 5.343-second elapsed time
at 249.86 mph.