Cruz Pedregon Advances to Semifinals
Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car To Fourth of 2005
Commerce, GA. (May 16, 2005) - Cruz Pedregon, driver of the Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car, advanced to his fourth semifinal of the 2005 season during today's NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.
The rain delay did not slow down Pedregon, who posted a solid semifinal run of 4.856-second elapsed time at 318.17 mph. Pedregon barely missed the finals as he ran into a strong John Force who clicked-off a 4.842-second pass at 323.74 mph.
"I am very happy with the way this team recovers from qualifying sessions and puts on a strong show during final eliminations," said Pedregon. "We're running against very strong teams like Scelzi's, Worsham's and Force's and putting in a good fight. Today, we had a great side by side race with Force. I think we gave it a very good shot but came up a little short.
"Wes Cerny (Crew Chief) put in a new fuel system and the car has really responded well," Pedregon added.
"The elapsed times got progressively better: 4.92, 4.88 and 4.85. I know we're headed in the right direction."
Pedregon defeated Gary Scelzi in round two, after posting a 4.882-second elapsed time at 315.78 mph and Del Worsham in round one with a 4.926-second elapsed time at 298.14.
Today's semifinal placed Pedregon in fourth for the NHRA Nitro Funny Car championship with 435 points.
-PedregonRacing.com-
Public Relations Contact:
Alti Perea, Cox Marketing Group
David Harris, Cox Marketing Group
Commerce, GA. (May 16, 2005) - Cruz Pedregon, driver of the Advance Auto Parts Nitro Funny Car, advanced to his fourth semifinal of the 2005 season during today's NHRA Southern Nationals at Atlanta Dragway.
The rain delay did not slow down Pedregon, who posted a solid semifinal run of 4.856-second elapsed time at 318.17 mph. Pedregon barely missed the finals as he ran into a strong John Force who clicked-off a 4.842-second pass at 323.74 mph.
"I am very happy with the way this team recovers from qualifying sessions and puts on a strong show during final eliminations," said Pedregon. "We're running against very strong teams like Scelzi's, Worsham's and Force's and putting in a good fight. Today, we had a great side by side race with Force. I think we gave it a very good shot but came up a little short.
"Wes Cerny (Crew Chief) put in a new fuel system and the car has really responded well," Pedregon added.
"The elapsed times got progressively better: 4.92, 4.88 and 4.85. I know we're headed in the right direction."
Pedregon defeated Gary Scelzi in round two, after posting a 4.882-second elapsed time at 315.78 mph and Del Worsham in round one with a 4.926-second elapsed time at 298.14.
Today's semifinal placed Pedregon in fourth for the NHRA Nitro Funny Car championship with 435 points.
-PedregonRacing.com-
Public Relations Contact:
Alti Perea, Cox Marketing Group
David Harris, Cox Marketing Group
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