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CLERMONT, Ind. - Notes from round 3 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: Tony Quinn Runs 5.745/213.74, Now #23; No Prior Run Right Lane: Brandon Pierce Runs 5.473/254.04, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.230/170.15, Was #22 12:44 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 28.08 inches, adjusted altitude 2,391 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.
Jared Dreher is on the bump spot at 5.531. Left Lane: Darren Nicholson Runs 5.352/262.08, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.451/260.46, Was #13 Just a little delay to clean up at the top end. A better pass for Nicholson and he moves up three spots on the ladder. Left Lane: Brandon Greco Runs 5.600/252.99, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.658/251.20, Was #21 Right Lane: Mark Taliaferro Runs 5.578/254.66, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.674/260.76, Was #22 Dave Hirata is on the bump spot at 5.506. Both cars make clean passes to improve on their ET's. Taliaferro goes to #20 and pushes Greco back a spot. Left Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 5.759/234.41, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.531/246.57, Was #17 Right Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 17.333/42.02, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.487/257.68, Was #15 No joy here for these two. Samsel boils the hides at the hit and Dreher starts to drop cylinders and slows Left Lane: Dave Hirata Runs 14.138/79.74, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.506/257.28, Was #16 Right Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 6.673/136.86, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.379/239.02, Was #13 Hirata is looking to get his fueler off the bump spot. Neither car has made a representative pass. Hirata leave first and strikes the tires immediately. Kosky starts with a 0.951 sixty foot time and then loses the blower belt before mid-track. Left Lane: Michael Manners Runs 17.654/63.96, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.369/269.51, Was #11 Right Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.369/264.86, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.342/268.28, Was #9 Manners' slicks are up in smoke ta the hit and he coasts on down. Thacker runs another mid-thirty pass, but doesn't improve. He'll stay stay #9 Left Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.549/246.48, Now #18; No Prior Run Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.339/266.58, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.326/268.87, Was #7 I'm not sure why, but both of Domingue's first two runs were DQ'd. He gets the car down the track again, but is dropping cylinders right after the 330 lights. Cowie has a clean and straight pass to basically match his last pass. He'll stay #7 for now. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.370, 660ft-3.511/215.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.498. Left Lane: Dave Heitzman Runs 6.492/222.73, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.373/261.22, Was #12 Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.323/270.32, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.310/265.69, Was #6 Both cars are well into the field, with Heitzman looking to join Shields in the top half of the field. Not this time, as the car is lazy off the line and drops cylinders all the way down the track. Shields makes a strong pass and runs close to his prior best. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.431, 660ft-3.552/223.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.501. Left Lane: Ken Perry Runs 5.334/264.18, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.339/259.31, Was #8 Right Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.305/261.98, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.305/261.27, Was #4 Two really good runs and they will both stay in their current positions. Perry improving a little and almost matches his prior times Meyer's play bracket racer and matches his prior best exactly. Ken Perry's incremental times: 60ft-0.913 sec., 330ft-2.356, 660ft-3.500/215.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.487. Randy Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.406, 660ft-3.512/225.18 mph, 1,000ft-4.465. Left Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.382/263.56, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.309/266.37, Was #5 Right Lane: Chase Copeland Runs 18.094/52.92, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.300/275.17, Was #3 Copeland basically does another burnout at the green and slows. Whiteley's pass was picture perfect, but he slows a little from last night to stay #5. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.379, 660ft-3.529/214.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.528. Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 9.611/81.43, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.277/271.41, Was #1 Right Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 5.314/265.38, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.297/267.27, Was #2 West Coast vs. East Coast Hitters come to the line in the top two spots. Demke's car has a nice 0.919 sixty foot time and then shakes the tires hard. He knows it done and lifts. Reichert keeps the pipes dry and thunders on down the track with a low thirty pass. Bill Reichert's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.398, 660ft-3.517/223.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.477. Left Lane: Brandon Booher Runs 5.938/172.45, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.561/256.06, Was #19 Right Lane: Jerry Powell Runs 5.633/249.12, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.583/250.64, Was #22 Booher's car doesn't want to start and the crew is all over it. They finally gets it to start and he gets it back to the line after a short burnout. Powell patiently waits for him. The car is a little lazy off the line and has to work to keep the car in the center of his lane. Booher has a better sixty foot time and then has smoke off the engine near the thousand foot lights. 1:32 p.m.
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