Tony Pedregon / Q Power Race Team - Englishtown Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 19, 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 ENGLISHTOWN,
RETAIN 5TH PLACE IN THE POINT STANDINGS




2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series 
Round 11 of 23 
NHRA SuperNationals, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
Race Date:  June 16-18, 2006
  
ENGLISHTOWN, NJ (June 19, 2006) - Tony Pedregon and his Q Power Race Team
qualified 5th and reached the quarterfinals at Old Bridge Township Raceway
Park in Englishtown, NJ, during the NHRA SuperNationals this past weekend in
the NHRA Nitro Funny Car division, and remains solidly in 5th-place in the
2006 point standings.

 

"We're pleased that we are back to consistently qualifying in the top five
or six each week, and I believe we'll soon be able to qualify on the pole,
or at least in the top two or three on a regular basis," Pedregon said of
the upcoming races.  "Our approach was the same this week as it has been in
the past - to keep the car consistent.  We're a little disappointed in that
we missed the setup due to some pretty extreme conditions.  A few months ago
our goal was to eliminate first-round losses, and we have done that.  We
made a good call during the first round in Englishtown, which resulted in
one of the quickest elapsed times.  I feel confident we won't continue to
miss the setup like we did today.  We'll continue to expect more from this
team, evaluate everything we did this past weekend, and I know we'll go to
St. Louis and be prepared for the conditions there."  

 

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:  June 23-25 - O'Reilly NHRA Midwest Nationals, Gateway Int'l
Raceway, Madison, IL


ENGLISHTOWN RACE RESULTS:   


QUALIFIED:
5th - 4.812 / 320.58  

 

FIRST ROUND RESULTS:
(W) Tony Pedregon - 4.926 / 313.73
(L) Scott Kalitta - 4.961 / 294.88

 

SECOND ROUND RESULTS:
(W) Gary Scelzi - 4.947 / 311.41
(L) Tony Pedregon - 5.310 / 241.67

 

FUNNY CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1. Ron Capps, 944 
2. John Force, 838
3. Robert Hight, 684
4. Eric Medlen, 638
5. Tony Pedregon, 616
6. Tommy Johnson Jr., 608
7. Gary Scelzi, 568
8. Whit Bazemore, 535
9. Del Worsham, 502
10. Cruz Pedregon, 498


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