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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus 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: Right Lane: Brandon Booher No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 9.881/82.10, Was #18 1:28 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,681 feet, track temperature 76 degrees. Booher did his burnout and was getting ready to stage when starter
Rick Stewart told him to shut off because it started to rain. Right Lane: Brandon Booher Runs 5.438/237.13, Now #7; Best prior run: 9.881/82.10, Was #18 1:57 p.m. - Qualifying resumed after a 29 minute delay because of rain. Booher took his dragster down the groove to put himself into the number seven spot in the qualifying order. Left Lane: Ken Winward Runs 5.724/248.16, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.529/244.78, Was #14 Right Lane: Richard Bourke Runs 5.413/263.51, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.506/90.61, Was #18 Bourke was not in the field after his first two qualifying attempts. This time, he took his dragster straight down his lane to move into the top half of the order for now. Winward was not as quick as he was yesterday and dropped one spot, thanks to Bourke. Dave DeAngelis is on the bump spot at 5.570. Left Lane: Tom Pickett No Time, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.510/254.14, Was #14 Right Lane: Douglas Foley Runs 5.525/265.17, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.791/249.30, Was #18 The light turned green, Picket's car lurched and the chutes popped out....all before he went six feet. Foley launched, shook the tires, pedaled it and managed to get himself into the field for now. Foley bumped Dave DeAngelis from the field and Ken Winward is on the bump spot at 5.529. Left Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 10.413/63.11, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.496/254.62, Was #13 Right Lane: Dave DeAngelis Runs 5.523/258.86, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.570/250.00, Was #17 Dreher shook the rear tires hard coming out of the gate, then the right rear tire lost air pressure. His car moved toward the center line, then toward the wall but Dreher managed to keep his dragster under control. DeAngelis was just bumped from the field during the prior pair. He put himself back into the field, bumping Ken Winward out. Douglas Foley is on the bump spot at 5.525. Bruce Horner is the only driver not in the field who has yet to make his final qualifying attempt. Left Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.393/260.76, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.477/233.28, Was #11 Right Lane: John Finke Runs 5.592/267.69, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.492/266.00, Was #12 Stalba had her quickest run of the weekend to move up six spots in the order. Finke's run looked okay but was not as quick as the second session yesterday. He'll stay where he was in the order. Left Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 6.010/250.78, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.475/250.64, Was #11 Right Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 5.301/266.37, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.419/263.10, Was #8 Samsel shook the tires out of the gate, pedaled it and continued the run. Kosky had his best run of the weekend to up six spots in the order, into the second spot for now. Left Lane: Dan Page Runs 5.389/272.12, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.443/263.26, Was #10 Right Lane: Al Moeser Runs 5.362/270.16, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.404/265.74, Was #7 Both drivers had good runs that moved them up in the order. Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.334/258.91, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.362/267.06, Was #6 Right Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 9.577/81.43, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.359/263.20, Was #4 Severance carried the front wheels in the air about 400 feet, then brought the front end down to finish the ride and move up two spots in the order. McPhillips was quicker to 60 feet, then slowed. Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.285/273.27, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.328/267.37, Was #3 Right Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 11.721/66.81, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.232/269.24, Was #1 Reichert shook the tires off the starting line and backed off the throttle. Shields went down the groove to move up one spot in the order.
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