Fri, 9 Apr 2010, 03:52 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: Kristen Wootton Runs 5.513/253.99, Now #9; Best prior run: 13.502/65.07, Was #14

2:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 1,144 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

This run was a whole lot better than the first - with no visible problems, except a late chute. Not a problem here, there's plenty of room to stop.

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Left Lane: David Brounkowski Runs 5.676/249.12, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.659/251.11, Was #10

No obvious problems for Brounkowski either.

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Left Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.518/239.61, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.497/232.75, Was #8
Right Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 5.388/274.50, Now #7; Best prior run: 12.070/80.43, Was #14

Domingue's run looked a lot like his first, but Guest ade a good run, avoiding the tire smoke that ended his first effort.

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Left Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 5.348/266.69, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.331/267.80, Was #5
Right Lane: Chase Copeland Runs 5.592/251.81, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.803/212.39, Was #13

Another consistent run by Reichert and a big improvement for Copeland.

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Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.356/266.95, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.305/271.95, Was #4
Right Lane: John Finke Runs 5.721/257.73, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.710/253.85, Was #13

Both drivers were a bit off their earlier pace, which is not too bad for Shields, but leaves Finke well short of his usual performance.

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Left Lane: Mark Taliaferro III Runs 9.611/86.23, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.304/274.22, Was #3
Right Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.344/266.69, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.416/268.38, Was #8

Tailaferro lost traction about 200 feet out and lifted. Thacker improved over his first run, but only enough to move up one spot.

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Left Lane: Michael Manners Runs 5.310/270.92, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.293/271.30, Was #2
Right Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.536/258.02, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.332/263.05, Was #6

Nice run by Manners, low for the round, but Meyer appeared to rattle the tires early in the run, scrubbing off a couple tenths.

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Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.269/270.48, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.277/268.87, Was #1

Demke closed out the round with an awesome run, with career-bests for ET and speed. That's the ninth-quickest run ever by a blown car. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.901 sec., 330ft-2.329, 660ft-3.462/218.83 mph, 1,000ft-4.438.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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