Tony
Pedregon raced to his second No. 1 qualifying position of the season
and 36th of his career Saturday at the United Association Route 66 NHRA
Nationals at Route 66 Raceway.
Antron Brown, Mike Edwards and Doug Horne also will lead their
categories into Sunday’s 11 a.m. eliminations at the NHRA Full Throttle
Drag Racing Series event.
Pedregon powered his Q-Horsepower Chevy Impala to a 4.079 second run at
304.39 mph to earn his third top qualifying effort at the dragstrip
located just south of Chicago. He will face current Funny Car points
leader Ron Capps in the opening round. Capps squeezed into the field at
16th with a time of 4.228 seconds in his NAPA Dodge Stratus.
“It used to be that you qualify No. 1 and you get a pretty good draw; I
won’t mention any names but not a Ron Capps,” Pedregon said. “That’s a
tough draw. But we’re running good here, and they’ve got to get their
problems sorted out in one run. I’d rather be in this position.