The conspiracy theorists are already plotting what will happen if No. 1 qualifier Cruz Pedregon and his brother Tony Pedregon meet in the semi-finals of Sunday’s final eliminations for the NHRA Carolinas Nationals in Concord, NC.

If the match materializes, bet on a Pedregon.

“If we can get to the semi-finals that will be a good problem to have,” said the defending Funny Car world champion, Cruz Pedregon. “In this day and age, if you can get past the first two rounds you know you’ve arrived. The best bet is to get a couple or rounds under your belt and then go from there. Tony will be a tough customer for tomorrow.”

The conspiracy theorists are already plotting what will happen if No. 1 qualifier Cruz Pedregon and his brother Tony Pedregon meet in the semi-finals of Sunday’s final eliminations for the NHRA Carolinas Nationals in Concord, NC.

If the match materializes, bet on a Pedregon.

“If we can get to the semi-finals that will be a good problem to have,” said the defending Funny Car world champion, Cruz Pedregon. “In this day and age, if you can get past the first two rounds you know you’ve arrived. The best bet is to get a couple or rounds under your belt and then go from there. Tony will be a tough customer for tomorrow.”

Both Cruz and Tony share the same tuner in Rahn Tobler.

“That 4.09 run was pretty effortless, it will be interesting,” Pedregon added.

Cruz wasn't keen on talking about what might happened if he meets his brother, Tony, finally saying “I can tell you this … we want to win a race to salvage our year. Whoever is in the other lane is going to have to beat us. I’ll leave it at that.

“We have a car capable of doing it. We just need to do it. It will be interesting. Of all the racing, this is going to make for a good show. Team cars are going to be racing and they are going to duke it out.” 

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