Tony Pedregon NHRA Southern Nationals Notebook
Commerce, Ga. (May 10, 2005) –
Tony Pedregon, the 2003 Funny Car champion, heads to Atlanta Dragway this weekend for the seventh race of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule. Pedregon will drive his 'Q' Racing Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car during the 25th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals.
It was 1996 at Atlanta Dragway, Pedregon won his first race in his first final round. His adversary in that final round was none other than Pedregon's car owner at the time, John Force. Since then, Pedregon won again in 2003 (against Johnny Gray), this time as team owner as well.
Also in Atlanta, a year ago, Pedregon grabbed the number one slot with a track record elapsed time of 4.765 seconds and track speed record of 329.83 mph. "It was one of those runs that everything just went right," explained Pedregon. "It was a combination of Dickie (Venables) and Kurt (Elliott) reading the conditions right. Two other teams nabbed the pole from us in that last session and Dickie made a last minute adjustment and we had a great run. I could tell by the way the engine was revving up that it was a good pass. Afterwards I got on the radio and said that it at least felt like a 4.78 and they told me it was a 4.76 and went 325 mph, and I am thinking 'alright that's great.' Then I was told 329 mph and got a little loud after that."
So far this year, Pedregon has qualified in the number one position in Pomona, Calif. and Phoenix. He also broke the elapsed-time record at Pomona Raceway with a 4.681-second pass at 323.35mph. And in Chandler, Ariz., Pedregon broke Firebird International Raceway's elapsed time record at 4.703 seconds. Pedregon heads to Atlanta 11th in POWERade Funny Car points with 266.
-PedregonRacing.com-
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Alti Perea, Cox Marketing Group
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David Harris, Cox Marketing Group
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Tony Pedregon, the 2003 Funny Car champion, heads to Atlanta Dragway this weekend for the seventh race of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule. Pedregon will drive his 'Q' Racing Monte Carlo Nitro Funny Car during the 25th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals.
It was 1996 at Atlanta Dragway, Pedregon won his first race in his first final round. His adversary in that final round was none other than Pedregon's car owner at the time, John Force. Since then, Pedregon won again in 2003 (against Johnny Gray), this time as team owner as well.
Also in Atlanta, a year ago, Pedregon grabbed the number one slot with a track record elapsed time of 4.765 seconds and track speed record of 329.83 mph. "It was one of those runs that everything just went right," explained Pedregon. "It was a combination of Dickie (Venables) and Kurt (Elliott) reading the conditions right. Two other teams nabbed the pole from us in that last session and Dickie made a last minute adjustment and we had a great run. I could tell by the way the engine was revving up that it was a good pass. Afterwards I got on the radio and said that it at least felt like a 4.78 and they told me it was a 4.76 and went 325 mph, and I am thinking 'alright that's great.' Then I was told 329 mph and got a little loud after that."
So far this year, Pedregon has qualified in the number one position in Pomona, Calif. and Phoenix. He also broke the elapsed-time record at Pomona Raceway with a 4.681-second pass at 323.35mph. And in Chandler, Ariz., Pedregon broke Firebird International Raceway's elapsed time record at 4.703 seconds. Pedregon heads to Atlanta 11th in POWERade Funny Car points with 266.
-PedregonRacing.com-
Public Relations Contact:
Alti Perea, Cox Marketing Group
Media Relations Representative
David Harris, Cox Marketing Group
Account Manager
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