TONY PEDREGON / Q POWER NITRO FUNNY CAR TEAM RICHMOND RESULTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 16, 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 EXIT RICHMOND EARLY

 

2006 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series 

Round 21 of 23 

NHRA Nationals, Virginia Motorsports Park, Richmond, Va.  

Race Date:  October 13-15, 2006

 

RICHMOND, Va. (October 16, 2006) - Tony Pedregon and his Q Power Race Team
experienced a mechanical malfunction and fell out of action early in the
Nitro Funny Car division during the NHRA Nationals this past weekend at
Virginia Motorsports Part in Richmond, Va.  Pedregon once again qualified in
the top half of the field in Richmond, in 6th, and that strong effort,
combined with his first round results, moved him to 5th in the 2006 point
standings.    

 

"We are a little disappointed," Pedregon said after Sunday's event.  "We had
a decent run going in the first round until we had a parts failure.  Under
these conditions, we're making more cylinder pressure because we're making
more power.  We broke a lifter and burned a piston which cost us the race.
The car should have run a 4.78 like we did in qualifying.  We'll spend this
next week transitioning to a better part.  I'll make that investment, and by
the time we go to Vegas, we won't have to worry about this problem anymore."


 

NEXT RACE:   October 27-29, 2006 - NHRA Nationals, The Strip at Las Vegas
Motor Speedway, Las Vegas, Nev. 

 

RICHMOND RACE RESULTS:   

 

QUALIFIED:

6th - 4.788 / 312.28

 

FIRST ROUND:

(W) Mike Ashley - 4.842 / 299.26

(L) Tony Pedregon - 4.865 / 296.70

 

FUNNY CAR POINT STANDINGS:

1. John Force, 1,463

2. Ron Capps, 1,417

3. Robert Hight, 1,409

4. Eric Medlen, 1,297

5. Tony Pedregon, 1,265

6. Tommy Johnson Jr., 1,176

7. Gary Scelzi, 1,140

8. Whit Bazemore, 956

9. Cruz Pedregon, 936

10. Phil Burkart, 930

 

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