NHRA

Gainesville: Tony Pedregon final summary

TONY PEDREGON AND THE Q POWER RACE TEAM RACE ADVANCE TO THE QUARTERFINALS IN GAINESVILLE Gainesville, Florida (March 18, 2007) Coming off a record setting win in Phoenix, Tony Pedregon and his Q Power Nitro Funny Car Team were looking for another ...

Edited: Mar 20, 2007, 6:52 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

TONY PEDREGON AND THE Q POWER RACE TEAM RACE ADVANCE TO THE QUARTERFINALS IN GAINESVILLE

Gainesville, Florida (March 18, 2007) Coming off a record setting win in Phoenix, Tony Pedregon and his Q Power Nitro Funny Car Team were looking for another victory at the 38th annual AC Delco NHRA Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida.

Qualified in the 6th position with a 4.78/323.35 (seconds/m.p.h.), Tony Pedregon easily beat Tommy Johnson Jr. in the first round of Final Eliminations with a 4.810/320.74.

In the second round, Pedregon faced Ron Capps. Pedregon was out of the gate first and had the lead until just past half track when he lost traction.

"We just threw a little too much for what the track could hold," stated Pedregon. "Our team continues to show consistency and I look forward to racing in Houston which is the hometown for Q. I am confident our team will make the necessary adjustments."

Crew Chief Dickie Venables added, "Friday's' weather conditions were ideal with cool air and low humidity, but the second round in eliminations were the hottest all weekend with a track temperature of 115 degrees. We just overpowered the track, but I am confident we will make the proper adjustments to be ready for Houston."

NEXT NHRA RACE: O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals, Houston, Texas March 30-April 1, 2007

-credit: pr

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Gainesville: Tom Bradford final summary

Next article Medlen - Monday test accident report

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

Five things to look out for at the F1 Mexico GP

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

1 h

Five things to look out for at the F1 Mexico GP

Every time NASCAR took a win away due yellow line violations

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Talladega II

1 h

Every time NASCAR took a win away due yellow line violations

Max Verstappen sits out for Red Bull in Mexico GP FP1

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

United States GP

1 h

Max Verstappen sits out for Red Bull in Mexico GP FP1

Eduardo Barrichello: The second-generation racer forging his own path

WEC

WEC WEC

Losail

1 h

Eduardo Barrichello: The second-generation racer forging his own path

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts