Sat, 17 Apr 2010, 05:08 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA 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:

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Left Lane: Brandon Johnson Runs 6.286/210.11, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.460/197.74, Was #15
Right Lane: Kyle Rizzoli Runs 5.822/239.65, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.784/236.55, Was #13

Rizzoli gets down the track clean, but will not improve. Johnson with problems and clicked it early.

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Left Lane: Brian Smith Runs 5.498/261.62, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.891/244.87, Was #14
Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.491/242.98, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.635/231.87, Was #12

These two were side-by-side all the way down the 1320 with their best runs of the weekend. Brian Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.503, 660ft-3.663/215.20 mph, 1,000ft-4.647.
Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.440, 660ft-3.589/216.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.588.

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Left Lane: Brittany Force Runs 5.884/252.05, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Larry Miersch Runs 5.592/236.84, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.490/248.66, Was #10

Force making her first run of the weekend and she gets in the show. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-1.101 sec., 330ft-2.798, 660ft-4.007/209.59 mph, 1,000ft-5.009. Miersch slowed from his time from yesterday. Brittany Force's incremental times: 60ft-1.101 sec., 330ft-2.798, 660ft-4.007/209.59 mph, 1,000ft-5.009.

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Left Lane: Courtney Force Runs 5.688/250.83, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.564/252.38, Was #13
Right Lane: Mike Austin Runs 5.529/257.97, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.473/262.54, Was #9

No help here for either driver, but good clean passes...Courtney Force's incremental times: 60ft-1.012 sec., 330ft-2.599, 660ft-3.793/209.92 mph, 1,000ft-4.806.
Mike Austin's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.462, 660ft-3.646/208.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.660.

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Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.414/261.98, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.458/261.83, Was #7

Cowie with a nice pass, straight down the groove. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.927 sec., 330ft-2.384, 660ft-3.552/211.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.557.

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Right Lane: Ashley Bart No Time, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.444/260.81, Was #7

Bart pulled out of line...

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Left Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 9.313/89.40, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.421/264.34, Was #5
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.401/263.51, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.419/263.87, Was #4

Whiteley lost traction early and clicked it off. Severance with a great looking pass, straight down the groove into the number two spot. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.389, 660ft-3.547/212.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.548.

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Left Lane: Mark Niver Runs 5.489/264.03, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.411/262.23, Was #3
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.638/204.05, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.400/263.31, Was #1

Niver with another good clean pass, but stays in the number three spot. Demke slowed on the top end, but will hold on to the number one qualifying spot. This makes it two consecutive races a blown car has qualified number one and it has been 79 races since that last happened.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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