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Sat, 4 Apr 2009, 05:42 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 2 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Bill Dunlap Runs 9.947/98.73, Now #21; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Cody Perkins Runs 7.568/104.77, Now #20; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 27.89 inches, adjusted altitude 3,379 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Perkins with problems right off the line and he coasted to stop just past the finish line. Dunlap was mixing up cylinders right off the starting line.


Left Lane: Art Trautman Runs 6.716/203.98, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.907/157.04, Was #19
Right Lane: Justin Davis Runs 5.437/266.16, Now #4; No Prior Run

Davis with a real nice pass to get in the top half of the field. Trautman improves, but not enough to get into the show.

Left Lane: Ashley Bart Runs 8.922/91.35, Now #18; Best prior run: 6.295/164.83, Was #18
Right Lane: Brooks Brown Runs 6.635/168.94, Now #19; Best prior run: 10.970/88.98, Was #23

Bart banged the blower around 200 feet. Brown makes a big improvement, but not enough to get into the show.

Left Lane: Del Cox Jr. Runs 5.521/263.20, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.716/251.06, Was #13
Right Lane: Greg Tacke Runs 8.564/101.06, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.771/156.26, Was #21

Cox Jr. with a real nice pass...Del Cox Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.536, 660ft-3.703/215.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.678.

Left Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.482/249.26, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.684/238.01, Was #13
Right Lane: Larry Miersch Runs 5.614/247.93, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.034/227.54, Was #17

Ahten with a good looking pass to get into the top half of the show...Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.490, 660ft-3.630/219.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.607. Miersch gets into the show...Larry Miersch's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.544, 660ft-3.732/211.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.731.

Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 5.596/252.24, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.678/251.53, Was #14
Right Lane: Courtney Force Runs 5.870/250.74, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.908/242.10, Was #17

Courtney improves, but not enough to get into the show. Brittany moves up the ladder a couple spots...Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.504, 660ft-3.704/207.78 mph, 1,000ft-4.719.

Left Lane: Brandon Johnson Runs 5.615/259.46, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.603/265.27, Was #13
Right Lane: Doug Hegge No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.837/248.29, Was #16



Left Lane: Dale Carlson Runs 5.687/233.80, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.601/236.63, Was #12
Right Lane: Edwin Schmeeckle Runs 5.426/264.65, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.581/257.87, Was #10

Schmeeckle with a good looking pass to move into the top half of the show. Edwin Schmeeckle's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.419, 660ft-3.580/212.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.578.

Left Lane: Jeff Isbell Runs 5.452/261.42, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.531/245.09, Was #9
Right Lane: Mark Niver Runs 5.528/250.46, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.555/251.20, Was #10

Niver improves, but stays in the number 10 spot. Isbell with a really nice pass to move into the top half of the show. Jeff Isbell's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.499, 660ft-3.640/219.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.607.

Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.361/263.51, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.380/249.58, Was #2
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.609/254.95, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.522/262.39, Was #9

Demke with a great pass to go to the number one spot. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.917 sec., 330ft-2.363, 660ft-3.517/213.87 mph, 1,000ft-4.512.

Left Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.327/268.33, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.366/264.44, Was #2
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.401/264.23, Was #3

Whiteley grabs the number one spot back with a great looking pass. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec., 330ft-2.370, 660ft-3.511/216.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.492.

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