Fri, 04 Aug 2017, 17:26 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

KENT, Wash. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Todd Swinford Runs 14.912/81.02, Now #2
Right Lane: John Leach Runs 5.732/210.73, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 3,079 feet, track temperature 129 degrees.

Swinford is up in smoke right at the hit. Apparently he was leaking fluids because the Safety Safari is rolling.

Leach clicked it off early. John Leach's incremental times: 60ft-0.999 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.692/206.32 mph, 1,000ft-4.734.

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Left Lane: Kim Parker Runs 5.337/267.69, Now #1
Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.440/241.80, Now #2

This was a good side-by-side drag race.

Parker was straight down the groove, hitting on all eight. Kim Parker's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.434, 660ft-3.551/223.54 mph, 1,000ft-4.507.

Grissel was right there with Parker...Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.913 sec., 330ft-2.413, 660ft-3.548/221.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.536.

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Left Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.556/265.33, Now #3
Right Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 12.506/72.31, Now #5

Ahten started to lose traction right at the hit and pedaled it and got it to hook up. Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.550, 660ft-3.738/214.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.718.

Bateman started to lose traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.331/272.01, Now #2
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.318/269.35, Now #1

This was a great drag race to wrap up round one of qualifying.

Cowie goes to the number two spot with a great pass. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.394, 660ft-3.534/217.84 mph, 1,000ft-4.505.

Severance launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.910 sec., 330ft-2.372, 660ft-3.509/217.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.486.

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