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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals: Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 8002 Julie Nataas 4843 Monroe Guest E1 0.073 5.279 267.91 ****WINNER**** 0.018 5.329 275.00 Qualified: #4 5.268 273.39 #13 5.321 274.27Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 3,523 feet, track temperature 116 degrees. Nataas is making her first start in her first race. Guest with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the
hole shot win. Monroe Guest's MOV: 0.0058 seconds (approximately 2 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Duane Shields 1 Joey Severance
E1 0.032 5.453 272.17 ****WINNER**** 0.018 5.293 270.81
Qualified: #5 5.273 275.22 #12 5.311 271.57
This is the 181st race for Duane Shields and the 17th time he has started from the second spot
in the field. Duane won here in 2006. Joey Severance is making his 89th start. Shields is 6 - 5 against Severance in prior events. Severance with a great light and never trailed for the win. Severance with his quickest pass of the weekend in the win. Severance will have lane choice over
Guest in the next round.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Megan Meyer 415 Lee Callaway
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.079 7.754 122.12 -0.202 11.518 69.04
Qualified: #1 5.230 278.58 #16 5.349 268.92
This is the fourth time that Megan Meyer has qualified first in the field and the second time
this year. The top qualifier has won this race in four of the last eight years. She starts the day
with an overall record of 35-16. Lee Callaway is making his 46th start. The 16th qualifier in TAD
at this event has won the opening round in two of the last three years.Meyer and Callaway have each won 1 times against the other in prior events. Callaway goes red and then Meyer is mixing up
cylinders, but still geta the win.
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Jackie Fricke 5165 Todd Bruce
E1 0.070 5.293 265.85 ****WINNER**** 0.028 5.288 277.09
Qualified: #6 5.274 273.61 #11 5.306 277.77
Todd Bruce is making his NHRA national event debut in TAD. He is the 600th driver to qualify in
the history of the class. Jackie Fricke has been to two final rounds this year; she won in Norwalk
and was runner-up in Reading.Bruce with the starting line advantage and the win. Todd Bruce's
MOV: 0.0475 seconds (approximately 19 feet).
Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Chris Demke 464 Buddy Domingue
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.040 5.348 269.08 0.056 9.614 86.43
Qualified: #7 5.283 272.39 #10 5.295 273.77
Chris Demke was runner-up here in 2012 and 2015. Buddy Domingue made his first start in the
alky dragster class in 1981. This is his 29th start.Demke is 1 - 0 against Domingue in prior events. Demke with the starting line advantage and the win, Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 558 Mike Edstrom 450 Kirk Wolf E1 ****WINNER**** 0.078 5.364 244.25 0.046 5.403 269.67 Qualified: #8 5.289 273.39 #9 5.289 273.16Mike Edstrom is making just his second national event start. He is a second-generation racer and, along with his father, ran a car called "Blind Faith" in the last 1980's. This is the third start for Kirk Wolf who made his debut at this event last year. This is the first time Edstrom and Wolf have faced each other in eliminations. Wolf with the starting line advantage, but
Edstrom has the difference made up by 500 feet and doesn't trail from there on for the win. He
will have lane choice over Meyer in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 530 Alan Bradshaw 421 Spencer Massey E1 0.087 5.304 272.06 ****WINNER**** 0.018 5.312 274.11 Qualified: #3 5.260 275.79 #14 5.335 273.33Alan Bradshaw was the 2003 TAD national champion. Spencer Massey is making his 26th start in the class and his first of the year. Massey with the starting line advantage and the power to
hold on for the hole shot win. He will give up lane choice to Bruce in the next round. Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 23 Josh Hart 3 Shawn Cowie E1 ****WINNER**** 0.030 5.328 271.35 0.082 5.355 267.37 Qualified: #2 5.247 276.92 #15 5.340 270.75Josh Hart won Indy and then failed to qualify at his next race. He went to the semi-finals here last year. Shawn Cowie starts the day with 99 round wins. He was the runner-up here last year. Cowie is 1 - 0 against Hart in prior events. Hart with the starting line advantage and
the power to hold on for the win. He will have lane choice over Demke in the next round.
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