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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Right Lane: David Sheetz Runs 5.285/273.39, Now #1 Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.66 inches, adjusted altitude 2,485 feet, track temperature 102 degrees. Sheetz making his Top
Alcohol Dragster debut here...he launches hard and keep it hooked up to make a great pass. David
Sheetz's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.431, 660ft-3.531/227.27 mph,
1,000ft-4.471. Left Lane: Darvin Martinets No Time, Now #3 Right Lane: Bradley Thompson Runs 15.815/69.91, Now #2 Martinets left before the tree was activated and appeared to be on a good pass until right in the lights when it pushed out a head gasket with quick flash of flames. Thompson is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle and clicks it off. Left Lane: Brandon Pierce Runs 15.458/79.50, Now #3 Right Lane: Mark Taliaferro Runs 11.262/98.98, Now #2 Pierce was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Taliaferro was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Aaron Tatum Runs 5.455/267.11, Now #2 Right Lane: Gary Cooper Runs 15.580/67.45, Now #5 Tatum with a good clean pass to start the weekend, straight down the groove. Aaron Tatum's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.492, 660ft-3.648/218.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.620. cooper was up in smoke right at the hit. Left Lane: Shayne Lawson Runs 6.406/108.06, Now #4 Right Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.367/272.28, Now #2 Lawson's chute came out around half track and he slowed. Domingue launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Buddy Domingue's incremental times: 60ft-0.942 sec., 330ft-2.450, 660ft-3.585/220.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.546. Left Lane: Bill Litton Runs 5.391/266.21, Now #3 Right Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 6.878/125.44, Now #6 Litton keep it hitting on all eight all the way down the 1320 to go to the number three spot. Bill Litton's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.476, 660ft-3.606/221.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.564. Callaway clicked it off early. Left Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 5.531/269.03, Now #5 Right Lane: Chase Copeland Runs 7.857/134.48, Now #8 Tatum was mixing up cylinders early, but got it to clean up and get into the top half of the show. Copeland was up in smoke early and clicked it off. Left Lane: James Thompson Runs 5.333/267.64, Now #2 Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 6.252/167.16, Now #7 Thompson was straight down the groove with a great pass to go to the number two spot. James Thompson's incremental times: 60ft-0.927 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.541/222.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.502. Cowie clicked it off early... Left Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.437/262.28, Now #6 Right Lane: Michael Manners Runs 5.365/251.34, Now #3 Thacker with a good clean pass to start the weekend. Marty Thacker's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.424, 660ft-3.582/212.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.584. Manner launched hard and keep it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Michael Manners' incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.404, 660ft-3.527/221.74 mph, 1,000ft-4.497. Left Lane: Mia Tedesco Runs 5.319/270.43, Now #2 Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.372/270.32, Now #6 Tedesco with a great pass to go to the number two spot. Mia Tedesco's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.439, 660ft-3.556/224.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.500. Shields with a good clean pass to get into the top half of the show. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.459, 660ft-3.587/221.52 mph, 1,000ft-4.547. Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.312/272.89, Now #2 Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.339/265.64, Now #5 Demke launched hard and keep it hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.916 sec., 330ft-2.383, 660ft-3.518/218.87 mph, 1,000ft-4.489. Severance was straight down the groove to go to the number five spot. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.393, 660ft-3.529/217.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.505.
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