Fri, 13 Oct 2017, 15:29 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Julie Nataas No Time, Now #1

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 29.48 inches, adjusted altitude 3,208 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Nataas made her Top Alcohol Dragster last week at the Nobile points meet. The car dies on the burnout.

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Left Lane: Todd Bruce Runs 5.306/277.77, Now #1
Right Lane: James Thompson Runs 5.419/264.39, Now #2

Bruce with a great pass as he makes his career quickest and fastest pass.

Thompson with a good opening pass, his fastest pass this season.

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Left Lane: Karl Brounkowski Runs 5.862/236.30, Now #4
Right Lane: Gary Cooper Runs 5.647/248.34, Now #3

Brounkowski labors all the way down the track.

Cooper is mixing up cylinders on the top end.

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Left Lane: Terry Schmidt Runs 5.667/254.23, Now #5
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 5.335/273.33, Now #2

Schmidt was dropping cylinders on the top end.

Massey is straight down the groove with his quickest and fastest pass of the season. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.465, 660ft-3.587/222.84 mph, 1,000ft-4.523.

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Left Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 9.406/126.33, Now #8
Right Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 5.349/268.92, Now #3

Guest loses traction right at the hit and clicks it off.

Callaway with a real nice pass to start the weekend. Lee Callaway's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.394, 660ft-3.535/216.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.517.

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Left Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.354/275.62, Now #5
Right Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.295/273.77, Now #1

One of Sanford's crew is knock to the ground as she prepares for the burnout. She is straight down the groove with her quickest and fastest pass of the season.

Domingue with problems at the end of his burnout, but gets back to the starting line. He launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. He runs his quickest pass this season. Buddy Domingue's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.428, 660ft-3.537/225.15 mph, 1,000ft-4.482.

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Left Lane: David Sheetz Runs 5.696/256.55, Now #10
Right Lane: Steve Collier Runs 5.517/237.88, Now #7

Sheetz is dropping cylinders early and gets it to clean up.

Collier slows on the top end.

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Left Lane: David Brounkowski Runs 5.475/262.69, Now #8
Right Lane: Mike Edstrom Runs 5.342/272.78, Now #4

Brounkowski with a good clean pass to get into the top half of the show.

Edstrom was straight down the groove with a good pass to go to the number four spot. Mike Edstrom's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.458, 660ft-3.577/223.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.527.

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Left Lane: Fred Hanssen Runs 5.430/267.48, Now #9
Right Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 5.379/268.17, Now #7

Hanssen with a good clean pass to start the weekend.

Bradshaw was on a good pass, but started mixing up cylinders on the top end. He still gets into the top half of the show.

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Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.442/272.39, Now #10
Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 6.206/159.40, Now #17

Laughlin with good clean pass to start the weekend, straight down the groove.

Wolf was dropping cylinders early and never got it to clean up.

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Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.952/194.16, Now #18
Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.361/274.61, Now #7

Stevens slows on the top end and won't get in the show.

Shields with a nice pass to get into the top half of the show. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.486, 660ft-3.603/224.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.549.

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Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.283/272.39, Now #1
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.324/270.48, Now #4

Demke launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.365, 660ft-3.494/219.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.462.

Fricke with a great pass to go to the number four spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.467, 660ft-3.568/226.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.508.

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Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.247/276.92, Now #1
Right Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 5.270/275.96, Now #2

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

Hart had it hitting on all eight and hooked up to go to the number one spot. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.501/225.94 mph, 1,000ft-4.442.

Meyer is right there with him to go to the number two spot...Megan Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.535/226.92 mph, 1,000ft-4.466.

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Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.469/246.93, Now #17
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.351/269.40, Now #10

Cowie was on a good pass until right in the light when there is a cloud of smoke and he slows.

Severance with a good pass to start the weekend...

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