Fri, 05 Oct 2012, 12:13 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 6.186/217.14, Now #2
Right Lane: Bruce Horner Runs 5.631/247.43, Now #1

11:37 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 1,861 feet, track temperature 86 degrees.

Horner had a clean run. Fox's car appeared sluggish all the way down the track.

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Left Lane: Ken Winward Runs 5.632/253.75, Now #3
Right Lane: Frank Schuster Runs 5.460/259.91, Now #1

Two clean runs down the quarter mile. Schuster was quicker all the way.

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Left Lane: Mike Burns Runs 5.580/260.81, Now #2
Right Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.598/263.00, Now #3

urns shook the rear tires hard for the first 330 feet, but drove through it. Veale had a cleaner looking run but was not as quick.

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Left Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.593/247.88, Now #4
Right Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 5.483/257.48, Now #2

Stalba and Kosky both had clean runs to make their way into the qualifying order.

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Left Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 5.357/260.31, Now #1
Right Lane: Marty Thacker No Time, Now #10

Thacker's car launched, then lost power right away. He coasted to about 1,000 feet and stopped. Mercier had a good run to move to the top of the order for now.

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Left Lane: John Finke Runs 5.513/266.74, Now #4
Right Lane: Richard Bourke Runs 7.728/117.53, Now #11

Bourke's car started losing cylinders at 330 feet. Finke had a clean run down the groove.

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Left Lane: Dan Page Runs 5.398/263.87, Now #2
Right Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 5.678/241.54, Now #11

Page took over the second spot in the order with a clean run down the track. Dreher's run looked okay but was not quick enough to put him in the top half of the field.

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Left Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.366/252.14, Now #2

Meyer took over the number two spot in the order with a good trip down the track. He started to get close to the center line after he got past the 660 foot marker, but did not get close to crossing over.

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Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.396/266.58, Now #3
Right Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 11.387/63.42, Now #16

McPhillips got out to 100 feet when he spun and smoked the rear tires. He clicked it off and coasted the rest of the way down the track. Shields had a clean run and is in the third spot in the qualifying order for now.

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Left Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 5.281/266.95, Now #1
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.310/268.28, Now #2

Reichert and Demke took over the one and two spots in the qualifying order with a pair of strong runs to end the first qualifying session.

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