FUNNY CAR

Tony Pedregon earned his first Funny Car win of the season and moved to second place in the point standings by cruising to the win over Ashley Force Hood, whose Castrol GTX Ford Mustang lost traction at the start in the final round. Pedregon’s Q-Horsepower Chevy Impala posted a 4.114 at 303.78 to earn his 41st career victory and second consecutive at this event.

Tony defeated his brother Cruz in the semifinals, 4.062/301.81 to 4.116/295.27.

“We had good conditions, and we had tough opponents all day,” said Pedregon, who defeated Ron Capps, Robert Hight and brother Cruz Pedregon to advance to the final. “I’m glad we were able to pull it off with Quaker State. (Advancing to the) semifinals and getting to some final rounds, that’s good, but it’s really all about winning. We feel confident that we’re going to make the Countdown, but we gotta keep doing the work to stay there. [This is a] great track, a great facility, and the sun came out, it went away, it rained, you name it and the track hung in there and we were able to execute today.”

Force Hood’s Castrol GTX Mustang smoked the tires about 200 feet from the starting line and, although she pedaled quickly hoping to regain the lost momentum, Pedregon pulled away from her for the win.

This was Force Hood’s third final round in five races and she moved within two points of Tony Pedregon who advanced to second place in the Full Throttle point standings.