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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota 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: Left Lane: Justin Ashley Runs 5.359/270.16, Now #5; Best prior run: 14.594/69.61, Was #18 Right Lane: Tiffany Januik Runs 5.712/255.97, Now #16; No Prior Run Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.90 inches, adjusted altitude 3,991 feet, track temperature 76 degrees. Ashley is straight down the groove with a nice pass to get into the top half of the show. Justin Ashley's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.470, 660ft-3.593/223.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.539. Januik with tire shake early and pedals it to get in the show on the bubble. Left Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.484/266.85, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.688/255.43, Was #15 Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.359/269.24, Now #6; No Prior Run Laughlin with a good pass and moves up the ladder one spot. Alex Laughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.502, 660ft-3.677/215.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.650. Wolf with a good pass, straight down the groove to the number six spot. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.922 sec., 330ft-2.396, 660ft-3.546/215.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.525. Left Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 5.494/261.27, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.518/266.48, Was #16 Right Lane: Fred Hanssen Runs 5.552/260.26, Now #17; Best prior run: 13.787/53.03, Was #20 Eakins improves enough to get off the bubble. Randy Eakins' incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.498, 660ft-3.661/213.50 mph, 1,000ft-4.643. Hanssen makes a nice pass, but will not get in the show. Fred Hanssen's incremental times: 60ft-0.982 sec., 330ft-2.504, 660ft-3.684/210.44 mph, 1,000ft-4.691. Left Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 5.377/270.37, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.497/262.69, Was #16 Right Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 5.374/268.97, Now #8; Best prior run: 11.259/76.17, Was #20 Mercier was straight down the groove and improves, but will stay in the number nine spot. Dan Mercier's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.595/221.82 mph, 1,000ft-4.552. Bateman with a real nice pass to get in the top half of the show. Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.464, 660ft-3.595/222.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.549. Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.468/261.93, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.443/262.69, Was #14 Right Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 5.475/259.71, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.740/247.88, Was #20 This was a good side-by-side drag race. Stevens with a clean pass, but will not improve and stays in the number 14 spot. James Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.443, 660ft-3.610/211.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.613. Ferre makes a big improvement and gets in the show on the bubble. Cameron Ferre's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.507, 660ft-3.666/217.28 mph, 1,000ft-4.637. Left Lane: Ken Webster Runs 6.333/155.29, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.435/259.91, Was #13 Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.439/258.02, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.474/258.52, Was #15 Webster starts to shake and clicks it off. Grissel drives through tire shake and moves up the ladder one spot. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.467, 660ft-3.609/218.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.585. Left Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 5.361/266.21, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.413/265.12, Was #12 Right Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.392/270.10, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.402/269.56, Was #11 This was a great side-by-side. Baldwin with a real nice pass, running her season best E.T. to get into the top half of the show. Krista Baldwin's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.456, 660ft-3.574/222.95 mph, 1,000ft-4.529. Sanford improves, but gets bumped one spot by Baldwin. Ashley Sanford's incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.626/222.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.574. Left Lane: Bill Litton Runs 5.420/272.72, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.378/273.00, Was #11 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.294/265.22, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.360/264.75, Was #7 Litton with a nice pass, but will not improve. Bill Litton's incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.513, 660ft-3.644/221.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.595. Fricke launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.518/228.73 mph, 1,000ft-4.460. Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.312/268.38, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.331/268.60, Was #3 Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.449/260.31, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.356/269.51, Was #5 Demke was straight down the groove with a nice pass. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.350, 660ft-3.496/214.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.477. No help here for Shields, but a clean pass. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.460, 660ft-3.609/216.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.595. Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.273/270.37, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.309/269.51, Was #2 Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.305/270.27, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.347/267.80, Was #4 Cowie with a great pass as he launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go back to the number one spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.920 sec., 330ft-2.348, 660ft-3.478/218.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.446. Severance with a real nice pass, straight down the groove to move up the ladder one spot. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.373, 660ft-3.506/218.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.476.
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