Tony Pedregon Sunday Eliminations
Q Racing Nitro Funny Car Pedregon Racing NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series Route 66 Raceway Notes & Quotes Tony Pedregon Drives To Second-Straight Final Q Racing Nitro Funny Car On a Role JOLIET, Ill. (Oct. 3, 2005) Tony Pedregon and Q Racing Nitro Funny Car were once again on top of its game during this weekendıs AmeriQuest Mortgage NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway. Pedregon, who qualified in the second slot, made his way to final round before falling to Ron Capps in a plume of tire smoke. Despite Cappıs winning 4.760/327.82, combination, Pedregon was upbeat about his teamıs impressive back-to-back performances. ³It was a very good weekend for this race team,² Pedregon said. ³Sometimes, the higher you go, the tougher you fall. But I donıt really feel that way, this team has accomplished a lot in making it to two final rounds in a row. ³Weıve done this when everyone is peaking as well,² Pedregon added. ³We won a couple of weeks ago. I feel we earned that one because we did our homework, came up with a game plan and it worked out well. We came in here thinking we improved in some key areas and it showed.² Pedregonıs trek to the finals wasnıt an easy one either. After knocking out a tire-smoking Tony Bartone in round one, Pedregon flashed the form that led him to the 2003 POWERade Funny Car World Championship by defeating Eric Medlen on a hole shot. Pedregonıs .089 to .115 of a second advantage off the starting line and 4.829-second elapsed time was enough to hold off Medlenıs quicker 4.807-second pass. In the semifinals, Pedregon out muscled points leader Gary Scelzi with a 4.770-second lap at 319.90 mph. Scelzi ran a slightly slower 4.772-second elapsed time. Pedregon talked about the team. ³We feed this car the best of everything,² Pedregon said. ³We have the best Q Racing Oil, the best Snap On Tools and we have really good people on this team. Iıve always felt that way. ³Weıre excited and weıre starting to see some results,² Pedregon continued. ³The car is now performing the way we always have believed it should. Weıre a bona fide player. Thereıs no doubt about that.² PedregonRacing.com Contact: David Harris, Cox Marketing Group Account Manager Pedregon Racing (704) 799-2114 office (704) 756-9301 - mobile