In the second round I did something that is very rare and I’ve only done it a couple of times in my career. I crossed the center line and was disqualified. As many runs that I’ve taken down the track, just when you think you control every aspect of what these cars do occasionally, it will do something to remind you that you need to constantly be physically driving these cars — even in that short amount of time in the four seconds down the race track.
Archive for April, 2009
Rare disqualification mars Vegas weekend
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Pedregon: Houston offered challenges
Friday, April 3rd, 2009We had a pretty solid weekend in Houston by getting to the semifinals. That was important because we were in Quaker State’s backyard with their headquarters being located in downtown Houston.
Going into the weekend, Friday ended up being a very humid and warm day. One of the qualifying sessions actually got rained out, but the NHRA officials worked extremely hard to try to get it in. The track did get dry but as the day was approaching the evening hours, the air was just too damp. There is a dew point that the NHRA has to take into account and if it becomes too moist and not safe to run the cars down the track then track activities have to be cancelled. Unfortunately, that was the case on Friday.
