Fri, 06 Nov 2026, 16:06 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Tamara Silk No Time, Now #2
Right Lane: Mikel McQueen Runs 5.362/258.32, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 30.07 inches, adjusted altitude 3,204 feet.

Silk is making her Top Alcohol dragster debut, she finished licensing yesterday. She lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

McQueen competed in the Summit Super Pro category this weekend, he lost in round two. He completed his licensing yesterday. Making his debut in Top Alcohol dragster. He launched hard and kept it hooked up to make great pass. Mikel McQueen's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.459, 660ft-3.571/223.91 mph, 1,000ft-4.525.

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Left Lane: Jennifer Wiens Runs 5.496/266.37, Now #2
Right Lane: Nick Januik Runs 12.378/111.68, Now #3

Wiens is straight down the groove with a good looking pass.

Januik is up in smoke right at the hit.

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Left Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 10.029/83.75, Now #4
Right Lane: Jerry Kumre Runs 5.597/252.24, Now #3

Eakins lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Kumre with a clean pass, his quickest this season.

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Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.551/255.58, Now #3
Right Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 19.362/57.13, Now #7

Grisel is straight down the groove with a clean pass.

Myers was up in smoke right at the hit.

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Left Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 8.102/93.77, Now #6
Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.304/266.79, Now #1

Blinzler started to lose traction and clicked it off early.

Wolf launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.403, 660ft-3.516/223.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.472.

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Left Lane: Nick Spiegel Runs 5.302/271.62, Now #1
Right Lane: Braiden Chesleigh Runs 5.481/252.24, Now #4

Spiegel launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Nick Spiegel's incremental times: 60ft-0.919 sec., 330ft-2.362, 660ft-3.499/217.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.474.

Chesleigh is straight down the groove with a good clean pass.

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Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.282/269.46, Now #2
Right Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.266/272.56, Now #1

This is a replay of the national event final that was run on Monday.

Fricke kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make good looking pass to start the weekend. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.396, 660ft-3.507/224.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.457.

Johnson is straight down the groove, hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Melanie Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.424, 660ft-3.515/227.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.452.

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Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.230/275.34, Now #1
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.332/270.70, Now #6

Cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.920 sec., 330ft-2.341, 660ft-3.457/220.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.414.

Severance is straight down the groove to go to the number six spot.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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