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Funny Car Results for Elimination Round 1

COMMERCE, Ga. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 1 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Tim Wilkerson (Levi, Ray & Shoup Monte Carlo0.071 4.854 317.57 (L) Cruz Pedregon (Advance Auto Parts Monte Carl0.042 4.906 309.77 11:25 a.m. Current weather conditions: 75 degrees, 78 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.34 inches, adjusted altitude 2091 feet, with a track temperature of 115 degrees. A good side-by-side to start off this session. Wilkerson slows a little from his qualifying run, Pedregon picks up a few hundredths. Neither car missed a beat, right down the groove. (W) Eric Medlen (Castrol Syntec Mustang) 0.109 4.909 294.75 (L) Gary Densham (AAA of So. Cal. Mustang) 0.118 4.904 314.09 This is the first time these two have faced each other. Medlen gets a slight advantage off the line. Densham starts pulling closer at the 330-foot mark, then Medlen starts pulling away again. Medlen gets about 1200 feet out, the chutes come out, not sure why, but he hangs on to take the win. Medlen will run Wilkerson in round two, Wilkerson with lane choice. Eric Medlen's incremental margins: 60ft(0.015), 330 ft(0.008), 660ft(0.010), 1,000ft(0.016). MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 2 feet). (W) Bob Gilbertson (Stewart & Stevenson Firebird0.089 5.030 261.47 (L) Tony Pedregon (Quaker State Monte Carlo) 0.131 6.614 141.28 This is 27th time Pedregon has qualified number one, the second one this year. he won his first national event here in 1996. Gilbertson has started from the 16th position 18 times in 90 NHRA starts. Pedregon drops a cylinder right off the line and breaks the tires loose. He pedals two or three times, then finally gives up on the run. (W) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) 0.075 4.865 316.97 (L) Ron Capps (Skoal Racing Monte Carlo) 0.082 4.945 265.33 Bazemore won here in '02 and is 13-9 against Capps. This is Capps' lowest start since Englishtown 2000. Capps was last off the line, then started losing ground. He never got close, Bazemore increasing his lead at every incremental, then shuts off early. (W) Jerry Toliver (Schick Quattro Celica) 0.067 5.419 251.72 (L) Tommy Johnson Jr. (Skoal Racing Monte Carlo)0.078 6.900 142.55 Johnson is looking for his first round win since Gainesville. Toliver has been in two final rounds this year. Johnson gets about 300 feet out and strikes the tires, Toliver just a little further before he loses traction. They both pedal, Toliver able to get the slicks to bite, Johnson doesn't. (W) Gary Scelzi (Hemi Oakley Stratus) 0.142 4.892 314.17 (L) Jim Head (Lions Gate Ent. Celica) 0.085 8.213 100.07 Scelzi won this race in the Top Fuel class in '99 and ''00, but hasn't won a round here since then. Head was the runner-up at this race in 1986. Head starts moving around at the hit. he gets about 200 feet out, strikes the tires and has to abort the run. Scelzi went right down the groove and he will have lane choice over Toliver in round two. (W) Del Worsham (Checker Schuck's Kragen Monte C0.086 4.892 316.08 (L) Tony Bartone (K&N Filters Camaro) 0.125 4.949 268.06 Worsham won his first race here in '91. Bartone won here in TAFC in both '96 and '97. Bartone was last off the line but started making up ground quickly. He was quicker to every incremental, then had problems about 1100 feet out and shut down. Worsham will lose lane choice to Bazemore in round two. (W) Phil Burkart (Checker Schucks Kragen Monte C0.112 4.829 323.89 (L) John Force (Castrol GTX Mustang) 0.107 4.918 309.20 Burkart is 2-1 against Force this year, 3-5 overall. This is the third time in the last four races Force has started from the bottom half of the field. Make that 3-1 for Burkart this year. A decent run for both cars, no apparent problems for either, but Burkart drives around Force at the sixty-foot mark and pulls away. Burkart will have lane choice over Gilbertson in round two.

Funny Car Results for Elimination Round 2

COMMERCE, Ga. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 2 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Tim Wilkerson (Levi, Ray & Shoup Monte Carlo0.076 4.854 317.94 (L) Eric Medlen (Castrol Syntec Mustang) 0.074 6.191 150.36 1:07 p.m. Current weather conditions: 74 degrees, 84 percent relative humidity, the barometer 28.95 inches, 2472 adjusted altitude feet, with a track temperature of 118 degrees. Wilkerson led this one all the way. He goes right down the groove, the engine never missing a beat. Medlen gets about 700 feet out, strikes the tires and has to shut down. (W) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) 0.085 4.841 319.52 (L) Del Worsham (Checker Schuck's Kragen Monte C0.061 7.158 109.17 Worsham drops a cylinder off the line. He gets about 400 feet out, the engine blows and the burst panel and a piece of the body flies high into the air. Tha Safety Safari checks the track and finds no oil but plenty of parts.. Bazemore had a flawless run, right down the groove, and he will have lane choice over Wilkerson in the semi-finals. (W) Bob Gilbertson (Stewart & Stevenson Firebird0.085 5.060 302.28 (L) Phil Burkart (Checker Schucks Kragen Monte C0.128 7.167 120.32 Burkart leaves late but starts reeling in Gilbertson. He gets about 300 feet out, pulls the wheels, then hits the ground hard, the front wheels bouncing around. The tires break loose at that point and he is forced to give up on the run. (W) Gary Scelzi (Hemi Oakley Stratus) 0.122 4.866 319.29 (L) Jerry Toliver (Schick Quattro Celica) 0.104 4.992 310.98 Scelzi is last off the line, then starts making up ground and drives around Toliver before they reach the sixty-foot mark. He drives around him at that point and pulls away for the win. He will have lane choice over Gilbertson in the semi-finals.

Funny Car Results for Elimination Round 3

COMMERCE, Ga. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of round 3 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Gary Scelzi (Hemi Oakley Stratus) 0.104 5.139 274.66 (L) Bob Gilbertson (Stewart & Stevenson Firebird0.093 7.094 151.26 2:44 p.m. Current weather conditions: 78 degrees, 69 percent relative humidity, the barometer 28.71 inches, adjusted altitude 3020 feet, with a track temperature of 132 degrees. Gilbertson gets about 300 feet out and goes up in smoke. Scelzi gets about 900 feet out, starts hazing the tires and has to pedal. (W) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) 0.085 4.956 305.63 (L) Tim Wilkerson (Levi, Ray & Shoup Monte Carlo0.093 5.777 172.25 The left lane seems to be going away, Wilkerson gets about 300 feet, breaks the tires loose and has to give up on the run. Bazemore will go into the finals against Scelzi, Bazemore with lane choice.

Funny Car Results for Final Round

COMMERCE, Ga. - SUMMIT FastNews - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac: W/L Driver RT ET Speed (W) Whit Bazemore (Matco Tools Stratus) 0.075 5.025 299.80 (L) Gary Scelzi (Hemi Oakley Stratus) 0.073 10.847 90.59 4:18 p.m. Current weather conditions: 76 degrees, 75 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.45 inches, adjusted altitude 2063 feet, with a track temperature of 132 degrees. This Bazemore's third final round of 2004. his last win came in Memphis, 2003. If he wins he will be second in the points standings. His last win in Atlanta came in 2002. This is Scelzi's third career Funny Car final round, his last being in Sonoma in 2003, where he won his first Funny Car title. They come off the line together, then Scelzi goes up in smoke. Bazemore goes right down the groove and takes the win.

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