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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run: Left Lane: Shane Conway Runs 5.292/269.03, Now #11; Best prior run: 14.981/76.86, Was #19 Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 29.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,905 feet, track temperature 108 degrees. Conway kept it hooked up to make a good looking pass to get in the show and up to the number 11 spot. Shane Conway's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.522/225.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.470. Left Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.367/266.69, Now #14; Best prior run: 11.318/117.55, Was #19 Right Lane: Aaron Cooper Runs 5.524/265.85, Now #17; Best prior run: 23.614/26.78, Was #20 Domingue is drifting out of the groove all the way down the track, he stays with it to get in the show. He goes to the number 14 spot. Buddy Domingue's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.456, 660ft-3.575/223.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.535. Cooper with a clean pass, but won't get in the show. Left Lane: Rob McKinley Runs 5.520/257.43, Now #17; Best prior run: 8.528/108.73, Was #20 Right Lane: Steve Collier Runs 5.379/271.68, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.374/273.61, Was #15 McKinley with a clean pass, but will not get in the show. Collier is straight down the groove, and is just off his pass from earlier today. Steve Collier's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.471, 660ft-3.605/222.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.560. Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 5.325/271.68, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.225/174.62, Was #20 Right Lane: Fred Hanssen Runs 5.336/272.78, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.325/273.11, Was #13 Massey is straight down the groove and he make his quickest pass of the season to get in the show. He goes to the number 14 spot. Spencer Massey's incremental times: 60ft-0.940 sec., 330ft-2.440, 660ft-3.560/227.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.508. Hanssen with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Fred Hanssen's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.404, 660ft-3.542/218.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.513. Left Lane: Terry Schmidt Runs 5.567/256.26, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.466/259.56, Was #17 Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.296/274.94, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.282/275.90, Was #9 Schmidt slows from earlier today and stays in the number 17 spot. Hart is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.542/225.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.485. Left Lane: David Sheetz Runs 5.268/270.00, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.317/272.34, Was #12 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.262/272.39, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.274/273.50, Was #8 Sheetz launched hard and kept it hooked up to move into the top half of the show. David Sheetz's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.412, 660ft-3.507/228.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.448. Fricke had it hitting on all eight and hooked up to move up the ladder two spots. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.420, 660ft-3.514/228.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.449. Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.278/270.86, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.286/273.94, Was #11 Right Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 5.302/272.12, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.272/270.64, Was #9 Nataas with a good looking pass, straight down the groove to move up the ladder one spot. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.419, 660ft-3.525/227.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.464. No help here for Guest...he will stay in the number nine spot. Monroe Guest's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.428, 660ft-3.540/227.54 mph, 1,000ft-4.484. Left Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 5.214/277.49, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.241/277.15, Was #4 Right Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 5.342/262.13, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.270/268.22, Was #8 Meyer with a good looking pass, her quickest but will stay in the number four spot. Megan Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.391, 660ft-3.483/230.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.412. Salinas started to drop cylinders on the top end and will not improve. Jasmine Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.418, 660ft-3.533/222.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.500. Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.157/277.49, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.189/277.03, Was #2 Right Lane: Gord Gingles Runs 5.283/271.13, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.251/270.43, Was #5 Severance launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to make the third quickest pass for a blown car. This is his career quickest pass. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.877 sec., 330ft-2.294, 660ft-3.400/224.28 mph, 1,000ft-4.350. Gingles with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Gord Gingles' incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.519/228.15 mph, 1,000ft-4.462. Left Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 5.160/275.06, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.146/281.19, Was #1 Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.223/277.20, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.206/277.83, Was #3 Coughlin kept it hitting on all eight all the way down the 1320 to make the quickest pass of the session. He was trailing oil from around 400 feet on. Troy Coughlin Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.367, 660ft-3.440/232.47 mph, 1,000ft-4.360. Cowie with another great pass, but will not improve...Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.907 sec., 330ft-2.345, 660ft-3.459/222.44 mph, 1,000ft-4.414.
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