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CLERMONT, Ind. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil 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: Mike Kosky Runs 5.379/239.02, Now #4; No Prior Run 8:32 p.m. This session was postponed from the middle of the afternoon because of a late start this morning and a few on-track delays for oildowns and such. Given the current conditions, most of the teams are probably happy with the later session: Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 28.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,540 feet, track temperature 84 degrees. Kosky should be happy, he went from "No Time" (bypassed the scales) to fourth in the field on a run
that started out to be better than it finished, Kosky only 25 mph faster at the stripe than he was at half track. Left Lane: Brian Mans Runs 5.594/243.19, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.570/256.75, Was #14 Right Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.394/250.27, Now #5; No Prior Run Domingue also lost his first run, but in his case, it was a pretty good run that he lost "in tech) (scales or fuel check). Mans failed to improve, but Domingues made another good run - now all he has to do is pass tech. Left Lane: Mark Taliaferro Runs 5.674/260.76, Now #21; No Prior Run Right Lane: Brandon Booher Runs 5.561/256.06, Now #15; No Prior Run Taliaferro and Booher also lost pretty good first runs "in tech." These were not as good - especially with the flash of flame from Taliaferro's engine in the lights. Left Lane: Brandon Pierce No Time, Now #23; Best prior run: 6.230/170.15, Was #22 Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.277/271.41, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.531/115.44, Was #23 Pierce's car died at the end of the burnout and was sitting over next to the left wall while Demke made his run. Demke then made a very nice solo pass, the header flames easily visible in the darkness. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.348, 660ft-3.477/218.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.450. That's a career best speed for Demke. Left Lane: Jerry Powell Runs 5.583/250.64, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.673/247.75, Was #21 Right Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 5.531/246.57, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.666/248.39, Was #20 Dreher bumped into this very quick field, Dave Hirata is now on the bump spot at 5.537. Left Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 5.558/251.44, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.487/257.68, Was #14 Right Lane: Brandon Greco Runs 6.421/117.23, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.658/251.20, Was #21 Greco got off to a good start, but the car fell off the pace before half track. Samsel's run was just the opposite, off-pace at the start, then a hard run on the top end. No help for either team. Left Lane: Chase Copeland Runs 5.300/275.17, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.437/267.00, Was #12 Right Lane: Dave Heitzman Runs 5.373/261.22, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.573/254.66, Was #19 Two nice runs, Copeland all the way up to the second spot and Heitzman all the way up to fifth. Now Jared Dreher is on the bump spot at 5.531. Chase Copeland's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.407, 660ft-3.533/222.03 mph,
1,000ft-4.484. Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.326/268.87, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.419/236.30, Was #13 Right Lane: Dave Hirata Runs 5.506/257.28, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.537/260.61, Was #17 Hirata was just bumped from the field and the rest of the cars in the lanes are already qualified, so Hirata is the last car in line with a shot at bumping into the field. Nice run by Cowie to move way up the ladder. Hirata got the job done, but lost a lot of tikme early in the run and just barely got back in, replacing Dreheron the bump spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times:
60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.364, 660ft-3.509/215.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.491. Left Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.305/261.27, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.305/261.27, Was #3 Right Lane: Darren Nicholson Runs 6.198/155.52, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.451/260.46, Was #14 Good run by Meyer and what started out to be an even better run for Nicholson, but his only lasted for about 300 feet and then his car slowed. Apparently he lost some parts and pieces, possibly a blower belt, because the sweeper made a couple laps between half track and the finish line after his run. Randy Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.924 sec., 330ft-2.398, 660ft-3.510/224.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.464. Darren Nicholson's incremental times: 60ft-0.910 sec., 330ft-2.350, 660ft-3.545/190.11
mph, 1,000ft-4.844. Left Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 5.297/267.27, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.399/261.47, Was #13 Right Lane: Ken Perry Runs 5.339/259.31, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.395/262.28, Was #11 So much for being thirteenth...Reichert didn't go to #1, but he was only a couple hundredths off. Meanwhile, Perry also made a nice run and the tough field just got a lot tougher in the top half - now it will take a 5.369 or better to crack into the top eight. Left Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.342/268.28, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.396/264.60, Was #13 Right Lane: Michael Manners Runs 5.411/271.19, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.369/269.51, Was #8 Thacker got into the top half on a nice run, but Manners failed to improve and fell into the bottom half. Now the top-half starts at 5.366. Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.310/265.69, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.379/262.54, Was #11 Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.309/266.37, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.366/263.82, Was #8 9:30 p.m. Last pair to end a slightly longer day than originally scheduled. Good runs in both lanes, nice moves up the ladder for both, and now the top half starts at 5.339. With two rounds of qualifying left, Chris Demke leads the field at 5.277
and Dave Hirata is on the bump spot at 5.506.
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