Tony Pedregon / Q Power Race Team - Chicago Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 12, 2006
Contact:  
     Allison Holt, JRL Group, (847) 291-7080 x201, Allison@jrlgroup.com 
     Janie Vogel, JRL Group, (440) 915-7627, janievogel@yahoo.com 
Hi- and low-resolution photos available upon request

 

 

TONY PEDREGON AND THE Q POWER RACE TEAM REACH QUARTERFINALS IN CHICAGO

 

2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series 
Round 10 of 23 
NHRA Nationals at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill.
Race Date:  June 9-11, 2006

 

JOLIET, Ill. (June 12, 2006) - Tony Pedregon and his Q Power Race Team
reached the quarter-final round at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill, during
the CARQUEST Auto Parts NHRA Nationals this past weekend in the NHRA Nitro
Funny Car division, and remains solidly in fifth place in the 2006 point
standings.

 

"It's unfortunate our Q Power car had ignition issues today which we didn't
discover until after the first round of eliminations," explained Pedregon.
"We certainly could have used the fourth qualifying session, which was
rained out.  That would have given us the opportunity to find that problem
before Sunday's elimination rounds.  Sometimes you can dyno all of the
ignition parts, but nothing can put a load on them like an actual run.  We
are encouraged in that we know what the problem was and we can solve it for
the next race.  We were able to maintain fifth in the point standings - I'm
sure we'll do much better in Englishtown."  

 

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:  NHRA SuperNationals from Englishtown, NJ, June 16-18, 2006

 

CHICAGO RACE RESULTS:   

 

QUALIFIED:
6th - 4.694 / 315.34

 

FIRST ROUND RESULTS:
(W) Tony Pedregon - 5.032 / 271.95

(L) Bob Gilbertson - 13.877 / 78.15

 

SECOND ROUND RESULTS:

(W) Eric Medlen - 4.800 320.51

(L) Tony Pedregon - 6.585 133.71

 

FUNNY CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1. Ron Capps, 833

2. John Force, 785

3. Robert Hight, 647

4. Eric Medlen, 604

5. Tony Pedregon, 562

6. Tommy Johnson Jr., 536

7. Whit Bazemore, 503

8. Gary Scelzi, 473

9. Del Worsham, 469

10. Cruz Pedregon, 467


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