Fri, 18 Oct 2019, 15:15 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 5.272/270.64, Now #1
Right Lane: David Sheetz Runs 5.317/272.34, Now #2

1:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.25 inches, adjusted altitude 2,525 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.

Guest goes right down the groove with a good pass to start the session. Sheetz makes a clean, straight pass to start his weekend.

Monroe Guest's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.426, 660ft-3.520/229.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.456.

David Sheetz's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.453, 660ft-3.558/227.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.500.

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Left Lane: Aaron Cooper Runs 23.614/26.78, Now #4
Right Lane: Rob McKinley Runs 8.528/108.73, Now #3

Cooper goes up in smoke at the hit and gives up on the run quickly. McKinley rattles the tires, gets about 100 feet out and clicks it off.

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Left Lane: Karl Brounkowski Runs 5.565/243.94, Now #3
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 6.225/174.62, Now #4

Massey had cylinders out on the right side of the engine at the hit and the dragster struggled all the way through the run. Brounkowski made a decent pass and he gets in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Fred Hanssen Runs 5.325/273.11, Now #3
Right Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 11.318/117.55, Now #7

Hanssen goes right down the groove with a good pass and he ges in the third spot for now. Domingue hits the throttle, goes up in smoke and has to give up on the run before he gets 100 feet out.

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Left Lane: Steve Collier Runs 5.374/273.61, Now #4
Right Lane: Terry Schmidt Runs 5.466/259.56, Now #5

Collier goes down the groove with a good pass and he gets in the fourth spot for now. Schmidt makes a clean pass but is a little off of the pace.

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Left Lane: Gord Gingles Runs 5.251/270.43, Now #1
Right Lane: Shane Conway Runs 14.981/76.86, Now #11

Gingles drifted toward the centerline early in the run but was able to steer it back toward the groove. He makes a good pass and takes the top spot for now. Conway had traction problems early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 5.270/268.22, Now #3
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.189/277.03, Now #1

A good side-by-side, both right down the groove. Severance gets into the teens and takes the top spot for now. Salinas makes good pass and gets in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.274/273.50, Now #5
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.286/273.94, Now #6

Another good side-by-side, these two were glued together all the way through the run. Fricke gets in the show in the fifth spot, Nataas right behind in sixth.

Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.421, 660ft-3.523/227.61 mph, 1,000ft-4.461.

Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.453, 660ft-3.550/229.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.478.

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Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.282/275.90, Now #7
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 5.146/281.19, Now #1

Coughlin makes an impressive pass here. He drifts to the left, gets it going back toward the groove, and goes on through with the quickest pass of the round so far to take the top spot for now.

Troy Coughlin Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.364, 660ft-3.436/233.32 mph, 1,000ft-4.353.

Hart makes a clean pass to get in the seventh spot but was falling behind all the way through the run.

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Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.206/277.83, Now #3
Right Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 5.241/277.15, Now #4

Cowie makes a good pass and gets in the third spot. Meyer is right behind and gets in the fourth spot to end this session.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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