Tony Pedregon Regroups For Round Three
NHRA 2005 NOTES & QUOTES U.S. Nationals Qualifying Indianapolis Raceway Park Clermont, Ind. Q Racing Nitro Funny Car - Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Q Racing Regroups To Compete in Round Three Pedregon Sits in 15th Heading Into Final Day CLERMONT, Ind. (Sept. 3, 2005) Tony Pedregon and the Q Racing Nitro Funny Car brought an entire new car to qualify during tonightıs U.S. Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park. With the second-round starting line incident in the rearview mirror, Pedregonıs team, led by crew chief Dickie Venables, brought out a new chassis and body and completed a pass in the third session. They were able to completely rebuild a car after discarding the damage created from the round before. Pedregon currently sits in the 15th-qualifying position, with two sessions remaining. ³I was really concerned about my crew chief Dickie (Venables) after the incident,² Pedregon said. ³And Iım real happy that Cody Pendergrass is in good shape as well. They both worked on the car in preparing for this qualifying run. Weıre really fortunate it turned out the way it did because it could have been much worse. ³It says a lot about this team and the type of depth we have at Q Racing,² Pedregon added. ³Iım a little disappointed we didnıt get it down the track on that last run, but itıs a new chassis and we had never run it before. There are a lot of adjustments we have to make before we head into the Skoal Showdown.² Pedregon will match up with Del Worsham in the round one of tomorrowıs Skoal Showdown.