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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.384/268.33, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.331/104.35, Was #18 Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 4,327 feet, track temperature 90 degrees. Wolf is starlight down
the groove with a great pass to get into the show. This is his second event and he runs his career
best. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.413, 660ft-3.562/215.17 mph,
1,000ft-4.545. Right Lane: Greg Sereda Runs 5.667/247.61, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.188/237.34, Was #17 Sereda with his quickest and fastest pass this season to get in the show. Greg Sereda's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.480, 660ft-3.707/201.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.763. Left Lane: Cody Perkins Runs 5.534/255.19, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.437/191.40, Was #18 Right Lane: Gary Cooper Runs 5.542/251.63, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.597/249.12, Was #15 Perkins with his quickest pass of the weekend. Cooper is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 15 spot. Gary Cooper's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.512, 660ft-3.684/214.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.673. Left Lane: Jake Sanders Runs 6.259/189.31, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.889/230.96, Was #18 Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.535/262.54, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.511/258.27, Was #13 Sanders started dropping cylinders early and never got them to clean up and finally clicked it off. Grisel with another good pass, but doesn't improve. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.994 sec., 330ft-2.556, 660ft-3.716/216.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.691. Left Lane: Megan McKernan Runs 5.677/246.53, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.578/243.33, Was #16 Right Lane: Jay Livingston Runs 5.525/256.26, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.473/259.11, Was #12 McKernan with her quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get off the bubble. Megan McKernan's incremental times: 60ft-1.032 sec., 330ft-2.606, 660ft-3.777/212.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.785. Livingston with another good pass, but will not improve. Left Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.398/268.76, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.434/262.44, Was #11 Right Lane: Monty Bugeja Runs 5.397/263.62, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.422/262.85, Was #9 Sanford with a great pass to make her quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder two spots. Ashley Sanford's incremental times: 60ft-0.991 sec., 330ft-2.506, 660ft-3.624/224.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.572. Bugeja with his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Monty Bugeja's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.395, 660ft-3.553/213.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.547. Left Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 12.867/79.62, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.430/254.71, Was #11 Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.408/264.03, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.367/267.27, Was #6 Ahten is up in smoke right at the hit. Demke with a good clean pass, but will not improve. Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.709/252.38, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.414/264.86, Was #10 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.308/266.27, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.331/267.11, Was #5 Laughlin with tire shake and pedaled it, but will not improve. Fricke with a great looking pass to go to the number two spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.444, 660ft-3.544/227.80 mph, 1,000ft-4.480. Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.344/265.33, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.331/268.76, Was #5 Right Lane: Gord Gingles Runs 5.351/266.85, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.318/269.46, Was #4 Cowie with another great pass, but will not improve and stays in the number five spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.927 sec., 330ft-2.366, 660ft-3.513/215.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.501. Gingles with great pass, but will not improve and will start in the number four spot. Gord Gingles' incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.421, 660ft-3.557/220.30 mph, 1,000ft-4.518. Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 9.758/99.45, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.311/269.78, Was #3 Severance is up in smoke and clicks it off. Bateman holds on to the number one spot for the number one spot for the fifth time in his career and the third time this season. He also qualified number one here in the spring.
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