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NORWALK, Ohio - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Summit Racing Equipment 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: Left Lane: Frank Schuster Runs 8.449/70.72, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.846/93.46, Was #18 Right Lane: Jerry Powell Runs 6.240/234.45, Now #16; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 29.19 inches, adjusted altitude 2,985 feet, track temperature 80 degrees. Schuster banged a
blower just before half track and the chutes came out. Powell was dropping cylinders right from
the hit, but stayed with it to get in the show. Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 10.097/114.64, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.712/251.95, Was #18 Right Lane: John Finke Runs 5.624/252.43, Now #12; Best prior run: 27.205/24.67, Was #22 Shields is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle and clicks it off. Finke was mixing up cylinders on the top end. John Finke's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.610, 660ft-3.774/217.74 mph, 1,000ft-4.754. He gets in the show and Mike Burns is now on the bump spot at 5.955. Left Lane: Kyle Michalek Runs 5.451/253.33, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.351/192.00, Was #18 Right Lane: Aaron Olivarez Runs 6.992/189.28, Now #20; Best prior run: 17.935/36.68, Was #22 Olivarez is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle and pedals it one time and is back up in smoke. Michalek launched hard and keep it hooked up to get into the top half of the show. Kyle Michalek's incremental times: 60ft-0.986 sec., 330ft-2.483, 660ft-3.605/221.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.583. Left Lane: Rishi Kanick Runs 5.451/266.00, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.614/264.75, Was #12 Right Lane: Dan Page Runs 5.410/263.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 12.602/84.18, Was #22 Page with a great looking pass to go to the number four spot...Dan Page's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.461, 660ft-3.601/220.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.567. Kanick is right there with him to move into the top half of the show. Then after the run the chute got tangled up in the wheelie bar. He was on the brakes hard, but couldn't the car stopped and nosed into the sand. Rishi Kanick's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.507, 660ft-3.648/219.83 mph, 1,000ft-4.615. Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.485/251.63, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.570/242.63, Was #13 Right Lane: Mike Burns No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.955/245.45, Was #18 Jeff Veale is on the bump spot at 5.698. Burns went to start the car and one of the chutes deployed and they weren't able to get it back in and ready for the run, so Fricke gets the single. He will not get in the show. Fricke is straight down the groove to improve and move up to the number nine spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.631/219.40 mph, 1,000ft-4.611. Left Lane: Dave Hirata Runs 20.403/483.00, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.505/259.61, Was #12 Right Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.492/251.95, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.722/248.66, Was #17 Hirata shook hard and the chute shook out and he coasted on through the quarter-mile. Stalba with a nice pass to get in the show. That will bump out Veale and put Perry on the bump spot with 5.641 seconds. Left Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 9.696/84.05, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.494/259.06, Was #12 Right Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.593/267.37, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.698/256.60, Was #17 kosky with severe tire shake right off the starting line and clicked it off. Veale gets back into the show and bumps out Perry. John Finke is on the bump spot at 5.624. Left Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 5.561/255.58, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.472/257.83, Was #8 Right Lane: Ken Perry Runs 5.432/264.18, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.641/262.59, Was #17 No help here for McPhillips and Perry bumps him back one spot. Perry launched hard and keep it hooked up and goes to the number five spot with a real nice pass. Ken Perry's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.423, 660ft-3.586/212.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.583. That bumped up Finke and put Jeff Veale on the bump at 5.593 seconds. Left Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.491/262.33, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.441/263.31, Was #6 Right Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 5.416/258.86, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.551/258.76, Was #15 Thacker with another good pass, but Samsel bumps him back one spot. Samsel with a great pass, straight down the groove into the top half of the show. Robin Samsel's incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.472, 660ft-3.593/221.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.564. Left Lane: Brandon Booher Runs 5.422/269.67, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.392/268.49, Was #3 Right Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.428/262.79, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.494/259.61, Was #13 This was a great side-by-side drag race...Meyer goes into the top half of the show. Randy Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.495, 660ft-3.626/221.60 mph, 1,000ft-4.587. Booher with another good pass, but didn't improve. Brandon Booher's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.440, 660ft-3.600/214.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.586. Left Lane: Ray Martin Runs 5.341/269.94, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.349/269.08, Was #1 Right Lane: Bill Reichert No Time, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.365/268.12, Was #2 Reichert is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and coasted to a stop on the track, he will stay in the number two spot. Martin launched hard and runs the quickest and fastest pass of the event to improve on his number one spot. Martin earns his first No. 1 qualifier award in only his 10th National event. Ray Martin's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.393, 660ft-3.533/217.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.511.
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