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MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual NHRA Keystone Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Bruce Horner Runs 7.200/129.98, Now #2 Right Lane: Al Moeser Runs 6.454/159.48, Now #1 4:05 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 56 degrees, relative humidity 71 percent, barometer 29.63 inches, adjusted altitude 674 feet, track temperature 60 degrees. Because of weather here all weekend and the abbreviated schedule, this will be the only qualifying session for Top Alcohol Dragster before eliminations begin tomorrow.
Horner's car launched but started to drift toward the center line at mid track. He backed off the throttle to straighten the car out
and keep from crossing over. Moeser had some tire shake during this run. Left Lane: Kara Stricker Runs 7.095/170.51, Now #2 Right Lane: Mike Burns Runs 10.758/73.43, Now #4 Both drivers launched and both cars started to swing the rear ends around at about 330 feet. Both drivers tried to pedal but eventually just backed off the throttle and coasted the rest of the way down the track. Left Lane: John Finke Runs 5.664/258.37, Now #1 Right Lane: Mike Kosky Runs 8.680/132.46, Now #5 Kosky's car launched, shook the rear tires and then never really got up to speed. Finke's car started to shake the rear tires at 330 feet but he drove through it to finish the run and move into the top spot in the order for now. Left Lane: Frank Schuster No Time, Now #1 Right Lane: Tom Fox Jr. No Time, Now #5 These two were about to start their cars when it started to rain again. After a couple of minutes wait, NHRA officials sent the alcohol dragsters back to the pits. Top Fuel dragster cars are sitting in the lanes and will run as soon as the rain ends. Top alcohol dragster drivers will complete this session tomorrow morning. Right Lane: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 5.379/263.10, Now #1 9:39 a.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 57 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 29.69 inches, adjusted altitude 645 feet, track temperature 57 degrees. This is a continuation of the first qualifying session that was interrupted by rain last night.
Fox started the day off with a career best E.T. He took his dragster straight down the groove to move into the top of the order for
now. Left Lane: Frank Schuster Runs 6.805/174.37, Now #5 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.837/263.05, Now #3 Both cars launched and both shook the tires a couple of hundred feet out. Both drivers got back on the throttle. When they did that, Fricke's car went straight but the tail end of Schuster's car began to swing around. His car started to move toward the center line so Schuster backed off the throttle again to straighten out, then finished the run. Left Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.323/277.60, Now #1 Right Lane: Brandon Greco Runs 5.541/257.48, Now #3 Both drivers went down the groove with solid runs. Veale's run was so solid that he moved into the top spot in the order for now. Left Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 5.581/239.36, Now #5 Right Lane: Wayne Morris Runs 5.393/266.06, Now #3 Tatum had some rear tire shake for the first couple hundred feet but drove through it. Morris had a straight ride down the track. Left Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.350/265.95, Now #2 Right Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.447/272.67, Now #5 Stalba had a nice run after she drove through a little but of tire shake coming off the starting line. Sanford also had some shake at the beginning of the run, but went straight down the lane the rest of the way. Left Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 5.451/261.78, Now #7 Right Lane: Mia Tedesco Runs 5.326/272.23, Now #2 Tedesco had a strong run to move into the number two spot in the order for now. McPhillips had some tire shake and his car drifted toward the center line before he straightened it out. Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.469/270.54, Now #9 Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.281/274.78, Now #1 Shields drove through some tire shake, Demke ran straight down the groove to take over the top spot in the order.
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