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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Tenth annual NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Right Lane: Art Trautman Runs 6.907/157.04, Now #1 Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,510 feet, track temperature 76 degrees. Trautman was dropping
cylinders as soon as he hit the throttle, and labored it down to about 1000 feet before he clicked
it off. Left Lane: Brooks Brown Runs 10.970/88.98, Now #3 Right Lane: Jeff Isbell Runs 5.531/245.09, Now #1 Brown had holes out right at the hit and clicked it off early. Isbell was straight down the groove. Left Lane: Greg Tacke Runs 6.771/156.26, Now #3 Right Lane: Ashley Bart Runs 6.295/164.83, Now #2 Both cars with problems early in the runs. Left Lane: Cody Perkins No Time, Now #6 Right Lane: Bill Dunlap No Time, Now #7 Dunlap had problems getting the car to fire and then was shut off by the NHRA officials before he made his burnout. Perkins bang the blower as soon as he hit the throttle and coasted to a stop by 100 feet. Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.522/262.39, Now #1 Right Lane: Brandon Johnson Runs 5.603/265.27, Now #3 A couple good clean pass here...Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.498, 660ft-3.666/211.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.668. Brandon Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.033 sec., 330ft-2.630, 660ft-3.796/216.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.767. Left Lane: Larry Miersch Runs 6.034/227.54, Now #5 Right Lane: Dale Carlson Runs 5.601/236.63, Now #3 Miersch was mixing up cylinders on the top end. Carlson with a good pass to open the weekend and he goes to the number three spot. Dale Carlson's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.653/204.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.693. Left Lane: Doug Hegge Runs 5.837/248.29, Now #6 Right Lane: Dennis Swearingen Runs 5.819/247.34, Now #5 Doug Hegge's incremental times: 60ft-1.014 sec., 330ft-2.663, 660ft-3.906/201.28 mph, 1,000ft-4.945. Dennis Swearingen's incremental times: 60ft-1.079 sec., 330ft-2.626, 660ft-3.854/201.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.913. Left Lane: Mark Niver Runs 5.555/251.20, Now #3 Right Lane: Brittany Force Runs 5.678/251.53, Now #6 A nice looking pass here for Niver...Mark Niver's incremental times: 60ft-1.010 sec., 330ft-2.538, 660ft-3.682/217.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.676. Force just a couple ticks behind to go to the number six spot. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.989 sec., 330ft-2.566, 660ft-3.780/207.02 mph, 1,000ft-4.796. Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 5.908/242.10, Now #10 Right Lane: Del Cox Jr. Runs 5.716/251.06, Now #7 Force pedaled the car early, and got it to hook up. Cox Jr. with a good clean pass to get into the top half of the show. Del Cox Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-1.043 sec., 330ft-2.635, 660ft-3.827/210.60 mph, 1,000ft-4.836. Left Lane: Justin Davis No Time, Now #18 Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.684/238.01, Now #7 Davis was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and the coasted down the track. Nice pass for Ahten to get into the top half of the show. Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-1.003 sec., 330ft-2.558, 660ft-3.735/211.36 mph, 1,000ft-4.761. Left Lane: Edwin Schmeeckle Runs 5.581/257.87, Now #5 Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.366/264.44, Now #1 Schmeeckle with a nice looking pass and he goes to the number five spot...Edwin Schmeeckle's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.489, 660ft-3.704/206.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.720. Whiteley with a great looking pass to take the number one spot by 0.156 seconds over the number two spot. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.384, 660ft-3.529/215.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.520. Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.401/264.23, Now #3 Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.380/249.58, Now #2 This was a good looking drag race to wrap up this session of qualifying. They go to the number two and three spots. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.403, 660ft-3.561/214.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.554. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.367, 660ft-3.521/213.40 mph, 1,000ft-4.514.
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