Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 18:40 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

HEBRON, Ohio - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, North Central Division, Buckeye Fuel Wars listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: John Paul Gutierrez Runs 5.766/252.19, Now #1
Right Lane: Don Nolan Runs 7.263/132.37, Now #2

6:23 p.m. Nolan leaves the line, gets out of the groove and makes a move to the left. he tries to get the dragster under control but was moving around wildly and had to back off the throttle. Gutierrez went right down the groove and made a decent pass.

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Left Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 12.674/61.64, Now #4
Right Lane: Dave Hirata Runs 5.772/247.47, Now #2

Hirata loses traction early, pedals once, then puts a cylinder out on the right side of the engine. Kosky went up in smoke early, tried to recover but finally gave up on the run.

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Left Lane: Ken Perry Runs 5.570/238.38, Now #1
Right Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 5.809/249.90, Now #4

Perry goes right down the groove and makes the quickest pass of the round so far to take the top spot for now. Dreher makes a clean pass and gets inthe fourth spot for now.

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Left Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 9.894/104.13, Now #7
Right Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.598/258.17, Now #2

Samsel has traction problems right off the line and has to give up on the run. Thacker shook the tires a little early but drove through it and made a decent pass to get in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 5.485/258.07, Now #2
Right Lane: Brandon Booher Runs 5.436/264.13, Now #1

A good side-by-side here, both went right down the groove to take the top two spots to end this session.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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