Cruz Pedregon Starts Weekend in Eighth

NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES

Sixth Annual NHRA Nationals
The Strip At Las Vegas Motor Speedway­ Las Vegas, Nevada
Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series

Cruz Pedregon Starts Vegas Weekend Eighth
Driver of Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car Ready for Saturday

Las Vegas, Nev. (April 15, 2005) ­ Like most everything in Las Vegas, the
track at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was sizzling this afternoon
during the first qualifying round of the sixth annual NHRA Nationals.
Temperatures dropped quite a bit during the second round and track speeds
were better as the sun started to go down.

Cruz Pedregon and the Advance Auto Parts Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car posted
a respectable 4.907-second elapsed time at 303.16 mph in Fridayıs second
qualifying session, which placed him eighth with two to go.

Todayıs first run of qualifying was less productive as Pedregon fueled his
car down the quarter mile with an elapsed time of 5.015 seconds at 297.88
mph

³The engine was a little lazy today,² said Pedregon. ³Weıre happy we
qualified in the top half of the field, but we were hoping to get more out
of tonightıs cooler temperatures.

³(Crew chief) Wes (Cerny) and the rest of the team are working to figure out
what needs to be fixed,² Pedregon said. ³We are looking forward to some good
passes tomorrow.²

-PedregonRacing.com-