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CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina 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: Earl Nichols Jr. No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 14.024/59.43, Was #16 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.278/273.61, Now #5; Best prior run: 17.413/46.29, Was #19 9:30 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.35 inches, adjusted altitude 2,213 feet, track temperature 87 degrees. Nichols has problems right at the hit and clicks it off. Fricke goes down the groove with a good pass and she moves up to the fifth spot. Left Lane: Jamie Noonan Runs 5.293/272.67, Now #6; Best prior run: 9.497/96.25, Was #16 Right Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 14.274/61.49, Now #18; Best prior run: 15.844/54.68, Was #19 Baldwin goes up in smoke at the hit just as she did in the first round. Noonan goes down the groove with a career best pass and he moves up to the sixth spot. Jamie Noonan's incremental times: 60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.370, 660ft-3.500/219.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.470. Left Lane: Mick Steele Runs 5.458/267.69, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.378/271.30, Was #12 Right Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 5.199/279.79, Now #2; Best prior run: 14.836/66.30, Was #19 Steele makes a clean, straight pass but he doesn't improve over his first run. Mercier goes down the groove with an impressive run and he moves all the way up to the second spot. Left Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 5.186/277.43, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.363/272.06, Was #12 Right Lane: Dan Dietrich Runs 7.481/116.02, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.881/111.98, Was #17 Meyer goes down the groove with her quickest pass so far and she moves up to the second spot. Dietrich makes a move to the left early and has to give up on the run about 300 feet out. Left Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.547/210.47, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.347/277.77, Was #12 Right Lane: Brad McBride Runs 9.233/106.94, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.589/221.31, Was #16 McBride rattles the tires at the hit, pedals a couple of times, then aborts the run. Veale was on a good pass but the engine went silent about 1100 feet out, not sure why. Left Lane: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 12.391/52.78, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.323/270.92, Was #11 Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 14.371/131.99, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.376/154.58, Was #15 0 for 2 on this one, both go up in smoke as soon as they hit the throttle. Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.225/274.05, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.268/277.37, Was #6 Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.240/274.50, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.308/273.33, Was #10 A good side-by-side, both right down the groove with good runs. Nataas improves and moves up to the fourth spot. Shields improves and moves up to the sixth spot. Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.209/277.26, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.262/277.49, Was #7 Right Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 15.290/79.55, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.305/273.05, Was #10 Hart goes down the groove with a clean, straight pass and he moves up to the fourth spot in the order. Samsel goes up in smoke at the hit and gives up on the run quickly. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 7.520/113.78, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.169/281.07, Was #1 Right Lane: Shane Conway Runs 16.031/79.37, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.225/272.61, Was #6 Conway goes up in smoke at the hit and backs off the throttle. Coughlin was on a decent pass but had problems around half track.
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