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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th 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: Left Lane: Ben Dier Runs 5.994/238.93, Now #21; Best prior run: 6.010/238.64, Was #21 2:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.01 inches, adjusted altitude 2,139 feet, track temperature 85 degrees. Dier's car got a little loose at mid track. He finished the run with the rear
end of his car sliding a bit from side to side. Left Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.494/263.15, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.496/261.32, Was #16 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.499/261.07, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.690/247.02, Was #20 Neither driver was in the field before this run. Both drivers took their cars straight down their lanes. Stalba was quick enough to make the field for now, Fricke just missed making the field. Brandon Greco is on the bump spot at 5.494. Left Lane: Brandon Greco Runs 5.500/260.31, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.494/255.63, Was #16 Right Lane: John Finke Runs 5.635/248.80, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.664/252.95, Was #20 Both drivers went straight down the groove but neither improved his place in the order. Greco stayed on the bump spot with three non-qualified drivers left to make their final attempt. Finke was not quick enough to make the field. Left Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 5.438/257.78, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.468/256.60, Was #12 Right Lane: Earl Nichols Jr. Runs 6.254/167.66, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.553/256.94, Was #19 Neither driver improved his place in the order with these runs. Left Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 8.943/96.98, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.432/269.51, Was #11 Right Lane: Wayne Morris Runs 5.458/265.33, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.502/262.95, Was #18 Morris is the last non-qualified driver to make a pass in this session. When he is done, the field will be set and the rest of the runs will be for position only. Mercier launched, shook the tires had, pedaled the throttle twice, then clicked it off. Morris had a clean run down the groove and moved into the number 13 spot in the order, bumping Greco out of the field. Left Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.370/275.45, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.420/263.26, Was #10 Right Lane: Frank Schuster Runs 6.844/138.26, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.494/257.53, Was #16 Schuster's car drifted toward the center line, forcing him to back off the throttle. Veale moved up two spots in the order with a clean run down the groove. Left Lane: Dan Page Runs 9.076/96.15, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.413/261.07, Was #10 Right Lane: Richard St. Pierre Runs 5.638/244.52, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.478/257.97, Was #14 Page started losing cylinders at about 300 feet, then clicked it off. St. Pierre went straight down the groove. Left Lane: Mike Lewis Runs 5.284/272.39, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.347/260.86, Was #6 Right Lane: Richard Bourke Runs 5.335/270.54, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.412/268.12, Was #9 Both drivers took their dragsters straight down the groove. Each driver moved up three spots in the qualifying order. Left Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 10.288/77.67, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.336/271.24, Was #7 Right Lane: Bill Reichert Runs 22.358/34.00, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.365/266.21, Was #8 Reichert's dragster shook the rear tires off the line and he shut it off right away. McPhillips got out to about 60 feet before he shut it down. Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.316/270.21, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.307/270.97, Was #4 Right Lane: Mia Tedesco Runs 11.810/69.71, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.320/267.85, Was #5 Tedesco launched, shook the rear tires and shut down. Shields drove through some minor shake but did not move up in the order. Left Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.339/271.84, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.251/270.16, Was #1 Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.292/275.79, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.281/273.39, Was #2 Both drivers went straight down the track in their final qualifying pass. This was also the final round from the Charlotte race. When this one was over, Demke somehow ended up on a public road near the track. With luck, he'll make it back for the start of eliminations.
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