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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run: Left Lane: Cody Perkins Runs 16.901/43.15, Now #2 Right Lane: Monty Bugeja Runs 5.479/261.88, Now #1 Perkins was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Bugeja with his first pass of the year and he makes a great pass. Monty Bugeja's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.441, 660ft-3.615/210.64 mph, 1,000ft-4.623. Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 8.331/104.35, Now #2 Wolf started to lose traction and pedaled it, but started to loose traction again, pedaled it again before he clicked it off. Left Lane: Jake Sanders Runs 16.825/68.69, Now #3 Right Lane: Greg Sereda Runs 16.945/42.51, Now #5 Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 27.77 inches, adjusted altitude 4,231 feet, track temperature 81 degrees. Sanders is up in smoke
right at the hit and clicks it off. Sereda loses traction right at the hit and clicks it
off. Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.558/261.57, Now #3 Right Lane: Jay Livingston Runs 5.505/247.25, Now #2 Livingston is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. Jay Livingston's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.446, 660ft-3.618/210.87 mph, 1,000ft-4.628. Laughlin is right there with him with his career quickest pass in only his second event. Alex Laughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.571, 660ft-3.733/216.90 mph, 1,000ft-4.709. Left Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.434/262.44, Now #1 Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.757/256.80, Now #5 Sanford with a nice pass straight down the groove. Ashley Sanford's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.621/221.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.588. Grisel started to lose traction and pedaled it and got it to hook up and gets into the top half of the show. ACasey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-1.036 sec., 330ft-2.677, 660ft-3.881/209.20 mph, 1,000ft-4.890. Left Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.430/254.71, Now #1 Right Lane: Gary Cooper Runs 5.621/245.14, Now #6 Ahten launched hard and got to hook up and goes to the number one spot. Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.485, 660ft-3.607/222.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.569. cooper with a good clean pass to get into the top half of the show. Left Lane: Megan McKernan Runs 5.742/241.15, Now #8 Right Lane: Gord Gingles Runs 5.409/264.60, Now #1 McKernan with a good pass to go to the number eight spot. Megan McKernan's incremental times: 60ft-1.034 sec., 330ft-2.623, 660ft-3.816/209.26 mph, 1,000ft-4.836. Gingles was straight down the groove to go to the number one spot. Gord Gingles' incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.460, 660ft-3.603/219.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.568. Left Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 5.284/272.83, Now #1 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.357/269.83, Now #2 This is a great side-by-side drag race...these two go to the top of the list. Bateman launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec., 330ft-2.400, 660ft-3.520/223.91 mph, 1,000ft-4.466. Fricke was right there with him to the number two spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.481, 660ft-3.596/225.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.536. Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.367/267.27, Now #3 Demke with a great pass to go to the number three spot. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.393, 660ft-3.543/214.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.528. Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.331/268.76, Now #2 Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 11.990/64.36, Now #15 Cowie with a great pass, he kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.382, 660ft-3.521/217.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.498. Severance lost traction early and clicked it off.
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