Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 14:33 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.295/263.65, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.465/266.84, Was #12
Right Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 5.317/270.38, Now #10; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 30.39 inches, adjusted altitude 705 feet.

Wolf is straight down the groove with a good pass to move up the ladder three spots.

Dreher with a good clean pass to go to the number 10 spot.

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Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 6.196/108.91, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.350/263.42, Was #13
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.247/278.16, Now #2; No Prior Run

Severance with a big bang on the top end and slows.

Demke kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.922 sec., 330ft-2.365, 660ft-3.478/222.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.437.

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Left Lane: Nick Spiegel Runs 5.617/193.32, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.336/268.58, Was #13
Right Lane: T.J. Tindle No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 10.357/74.01, Was #18

Spiegel started skating around early before he clicked it off.

Tindle broke after the burnout and is pushed off the starting line.

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Left Lane: Mitch Kalitta Runs 11.740/62.61, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.294/272.99, Was #9
Right Lane: Karl Brounkowski Runs 5.499/242.29, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.588/254.65, Was #17

Kalitta with problems right at the hit and clicked it off.

Brounkowski with a good pass early, but got loose on the top end and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 12.937/81.81, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.284/275.43, Was #8
Right Lane: Jon Bradford Runs 21.590/37.06, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.562/254.65, Was #17

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

Bradford was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Megan Smith Runs 8.329/102.09, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.272/278.12, Was #6
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.296/271.39, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.511/265.60, Was #16

Smith lost traction early and clicked it off.

Sampey with a good clean pass to get off the bump to the number 11 spot.

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Left Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 11.131/80.27, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.268/274.31, Was #5
Right Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 5.423/221.33, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.331/275.40, Was #13

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

Blinzler with a clean pass, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Jamie Noonan Runs 5.238/279.61, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.258/278.24, Was #4
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.158/280.32, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.272/275.90, Was #7

Noonan kept it hooked up to move up the ladder one spot.

cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.308, 660ft-3.404/226.27 mph, 1,000ft-4.354.

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Left Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.274/277.42, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.236/275.97, Was #2
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 13.407/67.58, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.249/273.79, Was #5

Johnson with another good looking pass, but will not improve.

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




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