Sat, 05 Aug 2017, 15:45 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

KENT, Wash. - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: John Leach No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.732/210.73, Was #8
Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.531/263.82, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.556/265.33, Was #7

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 2,126 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Leach is a no show.

Ahten is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number seven spot. Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.540, 660ft-3.722/214.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.696.

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Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.368/257.43, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.426/236.71, Was #6
Right Lane: Todd Swinford Runs 5.313/266.69, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.422/230.88, Was #5

Grissel is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.406, 660ft-3.542/221.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.512.

Swinford launched hard and kept it hooked up to run a career best E.T. and a season best speed. He moves up the ladder one spot. Todd Swinford's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.415, 660ft-3.530/223.10 mph, 1,000ft-4.483.

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Left Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 5.371/274.11, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.404/271.84, Was #6
Right Lane: Kim Parker Runs 5.228/270.54, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.292/274.00, Was #3

Bateman with a good looking pass to make his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number six spot. Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.475, 660ft-3.611/222.29 mph, 1,000ft-4.559.

Parker launched with the front end in the air and blasted down the quarter-mile to go to the number one spot. Kim Parker's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.367, 660ft-3.470/225.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.411.

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Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 19.817/32.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.270/272.34, Was #3
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.234/275.96, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.258/274.27, Was #2

Severance spun the tire right at the hit and clicked it off.

Cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up with his quickest pass of the weekend. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.349, 660ft-3.468/220.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.422.

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