Fri, 04 Oct 2013, 12:37 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 29th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Doug Foley Runs 16.360/61.16, Now #1

Foley launched, shook the rear tires and his chute popped out.

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Left Lane: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 6.497/150.53, Now #1
Right Lane: Al Moeser Runs 6.551/244.34, Now #2

Both drivers made it down the track but neither was particularly quick.

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Left Lane: Jonathan Pickett Runs 5.762/248.16, Now #1
Right Lane: Bruce Horner No Time, Now #5

Horner launched, his car let out a big pop and the chute fell to the track. He came to a rest at 300 feet. Pickett had a clean run down the track.

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Left Lane: Mike Burns Runs 5.817/242.32, Now #3
Right Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 5.792/237.25, Now #2

Burns' dragster shook the rear tires for the first 300 feet down the track but he drove through it. Kosky had a cleaner run down the quarter mile.

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Left Lane: Wayne Morris Runs 5.432/260.06, Now #1
Right Lane: Frank Schuster Runs 5.708/246.08, Now #2

Morris and Schuster had clean runs to take the top two spots in the order for now.

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Left Lane: Richard Bourke Runs 5.651/250.23, Now #3
Right Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 5.592/259.31, Now #2

Another pair of clean runs put these two drivers in the upper portion of the field.

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Left Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.456/271.95, Now #3
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.408/258.02, Now #1

Fricke had a good run down the quarter mile with her best ET of the season to take the top of the order for now, Veale was right behind her and is in the number three spot in the order.

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Left Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.637/235.76, Now #6
Right Lane: John Finke Runs 5.500/249.07, Now #4

Both cars started to lose some cylinders over the last couple hundred feet of race track.

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Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.527/256.94, Now #6
Right Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 5.420/254.52, Now #2

Samsel had a good run from start to finish and is in the number two spot in the order for now. Shields' run also looked good but was not up to Samsel's pace.

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Left Lane: Dan Page Runs 5.434/264.13, Now #4
Right Lane: Ken Perry Runs 5.649/257.09, Now #10

Perry had some tire shake at the start and lost some cylinders at the end. Page's car shook the rear tires out of the gate but settled down for the rest of the run.

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Left Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 6.812/126.16, Now #19
Right Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 5.434/261.22, Now #5

Thacker's car shook the rear tires, got loose, started to go sideways and came close to the center line before he clicked it off. McPhillips went down the groove to put himself solidly in the field.

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Left Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 5.348/263.62, Now #1
Right Lane: Brandon Booher No Time, Now #23

Booher was not able to stage his car and backed out of the lanes. Reichert had a good run down the groove to take the top spot in the qualifying order.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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