TONY PEDREGON AND THE Q POWER RACE TEAM REACH SEMI-FINAL ROUND IN SEATTLE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 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 SEMI-FINAL ROUND IN SEATTLE

 

2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series 
Round 14 of 23 
NHRA Nationals, Pacific Raceways, Kent, Wash. 

Race Date:  July 21-23, 2006
  
KENT, Wash. (July 24, 2006) - Tony Pedregon and his Q Power Race Team raced
into the semi-final round at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Wash. (near Seattle)
NHRA Nationals this past weekend in the NHRA Nitro Funny Car division.
Pedregon lost traction which ultimately ended his day during the third round
of competition on Sunday.  Pedregon retained fourth place in the 2006 point
standings, only one point out of third place.

 

"This was a good day," an upbeat Pedregon said.  "I tell my team that if we
are not winning, we at least need to rack up some points, and we did that
here in Seattle.  We encountered some heat - it was rare that we had a
one-lane race track.  We felt the left lane was not as good as the right.
We probably pulled too much power out of it.  I know the Q Team will
continue to learn and improve.  We helped ourselves in points, and we're now
closer to Robert (Hight, 3rd in points).  We're aiming to wrap up our
western swing with a win in Sonoma this weekend."  

 

NEXT RACE:   July 28-30 - Fram Autolite NHRA Nationals at Infineon Raceway,
Sonoma, Calif.

 

SEATTLE RACE RESULTS:   
  
QUALIFIED:

8th - 4.929 / 310.27

 

FIRST ROUND:   

(W) Tony Pedregon - 5.029 / 260.81

(L) Tommy Johnson Jr. - 5.651 / 207.08

 

SECOND ROUND:

(W) Tony Pedregon - 5.318 / 274.89

(L) Robert Hight - 6.117 / 161.05

 

SEMI-FINAL ROUND:

(W) Whit Bazemore - 5.029 / 307.30

(L) Tony Pedregon - 5.129 / 286.13

 

FUNNY CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1. Ron Capps, 1105

2. John Force, 1017

3. Robert Hight, 855

4. Tony Pedregon, 854

5. Eric Medlen, 811

6. Gary Scelzi, 810

7. Tommy Johnson Jr., 792

8. Whit Bazemore, 737 

9. Cruz Pedregon, 609

10. Del Worsham, 599

 


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