Tony Pedregon Topeka Saturday

17th annual O¹Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals
Heartland Park Topeka­ Topeka, Kan.
ŒQ¹ Racing Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing
NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series

Tony Pedregon To Start from No. 9 Spot
Q Racing Car Gaining Consistency
 

TOPEKA, Kan. (May 28, 2005) ­ Tony Pedregon powered his Q Racing Nitro Funny
Car to the 9th-qualifying position for tomorrow¹s 17th running of the
O¹Reilly NHRA Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.

Pedregon logged a 4.858-second elapsed time at 323.35 mph during the fourth
and final session, setting up a first round match with No. 8 qualifier Del
Worsham. 

The California native talked about qualifying. ³We feel we accomplished a
lot today,² Pedregon said. ³Our approach is to focus on consistency and all
the processes necessary to assure solid runs. And it is reassuring that we
got the car down the track three out of the four passes.²

³Our focus now is to reestablish what we think is the better set up of
fuel/clutch combination for the ŒQ¹ car,² Pedregon continued. ³We¹re being
diligent and patient so we can achieve the consistency and performance
necessary to strike a win.²

-PedregonRacing.com-

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