Tony Pedregon / Q Power Race Team - Topeka Results
May 29, 2006 TONY PEDREGON AND THE Q POWER RACE TEAM REACH SEMI-FINALS IN TOPEKA; MOVE TO 5TH IN POINTS 2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Round 9 of 23 NHRA Summer Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka (Kan.) Race Date: May 26-28, 2006 TOPEKA, Kan. (May 29, 2006) - Tony Pedregon and his Q Power Race Team reached the semi-final round at Heartland Park Topeka (Kan.) during the O'Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals this past weekend in the NHRA Nitro Funny Car division, moving him into 5th in the 2006 point standings. "Our Q Power team really made progress this past weekend," Pedregon said. "A year ago, we were having trouble running on a hot track. But our semi-final round appearance, combined with the two wins before that, proves that we're getting a handle on all areas of our program. Our goal, if we couldn't make it three wins in a row, was to at least move up in the points, and we did that (moved from 6th to 5th). The Topeka race was a continuation of the momentum we've built up over the past month, and I certainly hope to keep that momentum going as we head to Chicago next weekend." In 2005, Tony Pedregon and the Q Power Race Team finished 7th in points with two wins, was #1 qualifier three times and recorded the second quickest elapsed time in NHRA history at 4.680 seconds in Chicago. NEXT RACE: CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals from Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill., June 9-11, 2006 TOPEKA RACE RESULTS: QUALIFIED: 6th - 4.983 / 302.69 FIRST ROUND RESULTS: (W) Tony Pedregon - 4.985 / 295.14 (L) Tony Bartone - 5.253 / 253.14 SECOND ROUND RESULTS: (W) Tony Pedregon - 5.044 / 294.43 (L) Eric Medlen - 5.097 / 251.25 SEMI-FINAL ROUND RESULTS: (W) John Force - 4.968 / 295.85 (L) Tony Pedregon - 5.092 / 261.67 FUNNY CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1. Ron Capps, 781 2. John Force, 672 3. Robert Hight, 552 4. Eric Medlen, 528 5. Tony Pedregon, 508 6. Tommy Johnson Jr., 478 7. Whit Bazemore, 466 8. Del Worsham, 438 9. Cruz Pedregon, 433 10. Gary Scelzi, 400