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Atlanta Funny Car results: Q3

Robert Hight took over pole position at the Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals after a rain delay. Tommy Johnson also made a solid pass before rain put a gap in the penultimate Funny Car session.
04 May 2019
Jacob Sundstrom, NHRA National Dragster Associate Editor
Race coverage
Tommy Johnson Jr.

Tommy Johnson Jr. made the quickest pass of the third session before it was temporarily suspended due to rain. Paul Lee made the second-quickest run, a 4.113-second hit, to move to eighth. We will get back under way when the track is dried off and the rain has moved past Atlanta Dragway. 

 

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Robert Hight took over the No. 1 spot when qualifying resumed at the Arby’s NHRA Southern Nationals with a 3.92-second hit. That put him two-hundredths ahead of previous pole-sitter J.R. Todd and three-hundredths ahead of teammate and birthday boy John Force. 

 

FUNNY CAR QUALIFYING: Q3
1    Robert Hight    3.92
2    J.R. Todd    3.944
3    John Force    3.958
4    Tim Wilkerson    3.959
5    Bob Tasca III    3.981
6    Shawn Langdon    3.987
7    Tommy Johnson Jr.    4.031
8    Blake Alexander    4.101
9    Paul Lee    4.113
10    Matt Hagan    4.129
11    Ron Capps    4.149
12    Dave Richards    4.442
13    Cruz Pedregon    4.644
14    Jack Beckman    5.126
15    Jim Campbell    5.727
16    Terry Haddock    6.25