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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Left Lane: Gary Cooper Runs 5.587/240.94, Now #24; Best prior run: 5.516/250.83, Was #24 Cooper labors down the track and will not get in the show. Left Lane: Steve Collier Runs 5.413/246.30, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.411/245.18, Was #19 Right Lane: Karl Brounkowski Runs 6.289/221.02, Now #27; Best prior run: 5.862/236.30, Was #27 Collier is just a few ticks slower than his best pass and he will not get in the show. No help here for Brounkowski and he will not get in the show. Left Lane: James Thompson Runs 5.399/265.59, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.383/267.85, Was #17 Right Lane: Terry Schmidt No Time, Now #26; Best prior run: 5.625/245.32, Was #26 thompson with another good pass, but not enough to get in the show. Schmidt is a no show. Left Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 14.269/67.89, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.349/268.92, Was #14 Right Lane: David Sheetz Runs 8.443/94.86, Now #25; Best prior run: 5.565/266.21, Was #25 Callaway is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off... Sheetz was up in smoke and tried to drive through it and was real loose before he clicked it off. He had the car sideways... Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 5.383/269.62, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.335/273.33, Was #13 Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.340/270.75, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.469/246.93, Was #23 Massey with a good looking pass, he will not improve. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.485, 660ft-3.611/222.80 mph, 1,000ft-4.564. Cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend and get in the show. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.404, 660ft-3.541/217.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.514. Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.336/269.56, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.311/271.57, Was #12 Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.599/260.21, Now #23; Best prior run: 5.438/271.79, Was #23 Ashley Sanford is on the bump spot at 5.354. Severance with another good looking pass, but will not improve....Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.381, 660ft-3.519/217.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.503. Laughlin was dropping cylinders right at the hit and will not get in the show. Left Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 9.415/88.95, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.295/273.77, Was #10 Right Lane: Fred Hanssen Runs 5.368/267.48, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.430/267.48, Was #22 Domingue is up in smoke early and clicks it off. Hanssen with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show. Fred Hanssen's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.543/215.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.531. Left Lane: Mike Edstrom Runs 5.306/272.61, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.289/273.39, Was #8 Right Lane: David Brounkowski Runs 5.713/252.05, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.403/261.52, Was #20 Edstrom with another good pass, but doesn't improve. Mike Edstrom's incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.434, 660ft-3.542/225.90 mph, 1,000ft-4.489. Brounkowski is dropping cylinders and will not get in the show. Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.331/263.56, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.274/273.61, Was #6 Right Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 5.321/274.27, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.361/274.16, Was #17 Fricke with another good pass, but will not improve. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.445, 660ft-3.544/228.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.493. Guest launched hard and kept it hooked up to get in the show. Monroe Guest's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.448, 660ft-3.565/224.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.510. Lee Callaway is on the bump spot at 5.349. This is the quickest field in the history of Alcohol Dragster. Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.399/273.94, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.273/275.22, Was #5 Right Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.650/267.69, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.354/275.62, Was #17 Shields with a good pass, but will not improve. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.501, 660ft-3.634/223.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.586. Sanford just got bumped out and she will not get back in the show. Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.323/268.71, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.268/273.39, Was #4 Right Lane: Todd Bruce Runs 13.851/64.77, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.306/277.77, Was #11 Both of these drivers attending their first National event... Nataas with a good clean pass in the heat of the day. The third quickest pass of the session. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.456, 660ft-3.563/227.50 mph, 1,000ft-4.503. Bruce is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 5.371/267.11, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.260/275.79, Was #3 Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.369/267.37, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.283/272.39, Was #7 Bradshaw with a good pass, but will not improve...Alan Bradshaw's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.480, 660ft-3.597/224.81 mph, 1,000ft-4.546. Demke was straight down the groove, but will not improve. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.384, 660ft-3.538/213.47 mph, 1,000ft-4.531. Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.253/275.62, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.247/276.92, Was #2 Hart launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.927 sec., 330ft-2.400, 660ft-3.502/226.70 mph, 1,000ft-4.443. Meyer was to run in this pair and she decided to skip this session. She holds on to the number one qualifying position. she qualifies No. 1 for the second time this season and the fourth time in her career.
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