Fri, 19 Jul 2013, 19:04 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Jim Samuel

EPPING, N.H. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway 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:

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Right Lane: Jonathan Pickett Runs 5.856/247.47, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.875/249.53, Was #11

6:46 p.m. - Pickett was not in the field and needed to beat the bump time of 5.809 seconds to make the field. Pickett launched, shook the tires, pedaled the throttle and finished the run. He was not quick enough to make the field so he will not be back tomorrow for eliminations.

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Left Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 6.050/243.77, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.809/243.85, Was #8
Right Lane: Frank Schuster Runs 5.936/242.19, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.870/241.80, Was #11

Stalba was on the bump spot and Schuster out of the field. Stalba had a decent launch but lost a cylinder or two and was not as quick as the first session today. Schuster's car launched sluggishly and did not get the speed he needed on the track. He will not make the field and Stalba is still on the bump spot with Richard Bourke left to try and push her out.

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Left Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.754/262.03, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.724/261.72, Was #6
Right Lane: Richard Bourke Runs 5.993/243.77, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.850/247.25, Was #9

Bourke was the last non-qualified driver to make his second qualifying attempt. He launched and his car started losing cylinders almost immediately, so he did not make the field. Veale had a clean run but was not as quick as he was this afternoon. He'll stay where he was in the order.

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Left Lane: Dan Page Runs 5.889/238.05, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.710/259.46, Was #5
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.645/244.03, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.788/238.26, Was #7

Fricke had a nice run down the quarter mile and moved up four spots in the qualifying order. She is the first driver in this session to run quicker than in the first session. Page's car lost some cylinders as he traveled down the track. He moved down one spot as Fricke leapfrogged him.

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Left Lane: Wayne Morris Runs 5.557/257.09, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.655/254.57, Was #4
Right Lane: Bruce Horner No Time, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.703/245.85, Was #5

Horner pulled out of the staging lanes and decided to stick with his first session time. Morris had a good launch and took his dragster straight down the groove to move into the number two spot in the qualifying order.

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Left Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 5.660/255.43, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.627/256.89, Was #3
Right Lane: John Finke Runs 5.703/252.76, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.550/252.38, Was #1

Neither driver was as quick as in the first session, so they'll stay where they were in the order. That's it for Top Alcohol Dragster qualifying.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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