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ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 3 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: Right Lane: Rob McKinley Runs 5.522/256.94, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.520/257.43, Was #18 Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 59 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,955 feet, track temperature 93 degrees. McKinley is a little loose around half track, but stays with it. He will not improve and will not get in the show. Left Lane: Aaron Cooper Runs 5.489/266.64, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.524/265.85, Was #19 Right Lane: Terry Schmidt Runs 5.538/256.60, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.466/259.56, Was #17 Cooper is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show. Schmidt with a clean pass, but will not improve and will not get in the show. Left Lane: Steve Collier Runs 5.400/271.68, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.374/273.61, Was #16 Right Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.322/267.37, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.367/266.69, Was #15 Collier is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve and will start from the number 16 spot. Domingue launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass this season to move up the ladder two spots. Buddy Domingue's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.450, 660ft-3.553/231.95 mph, 1,000ft-4.498. Left Lane: Fred Hanssen Runs 5.318/273.33, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.325/273.11, Was #14 Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 17.381/69.60, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.325/271.68, Was #15 Hanssen kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the season to move up the ladder one spot. Fred Hanssen's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.391, 660ft-3.529/218.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.497. Massey is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 10.914/66.09, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.282/275.90, Was #11 Right Lane: Shane Conway Runs 5.295/267.96, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.292/269.03, Was #12 Hart lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off. Conway with another great pass, just off his qualifying time. Shane Conway's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.421, 660ft-3.523/226.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.469. Left Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 8.886/104.38, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.272/270.64, Was #9 Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.376/274.05, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.278/270.86, Was #10 Guest started to lose traction and pedaled it a couple times, but couldn't get it to hook up and clicked it off. Nataas with a good clean pass, but will not improve and stays in the number 10 spot. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.979 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.618/223.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.564. Left Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 5.323/265.12, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.270/268.22, Was #8 Right Lane: David Sheetz Runs 5.329/271.68, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.268/270.00, Was #7 This was a good side-by-side drag race. Neither driver will improve. Salinas is straight down the groove. She will start from the number eight spot. Jasmine Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.422, 660ft-3.541/223.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.494. Sheetz with another good pass, but will not improve and will start from the number seventh spot. David Sheetz's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.464, 660ft-3.568/226.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.511. Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 8.796/93.96, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.262/272.39, Was #6 Right Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 5.276/275.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.214/277.49, Was #4 Fricke is up in smoke by 15o feet and clicks it off. Meyer is straight down the groove with the quickest pass this session, she will not improve. Megan Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.441, 660ft-3.542/231.28 mph, 1,000ft-4.472. Left Lane: Gord Gingles Runs 5.263/268.38, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.251/270.43, Was #5 Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.194/276.58, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.157/277.49, Was #2 This is a great side-by-side drag race. Gingles kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make the second quickest pass of the session. He will not improve...Gord Gingles' incremental times: 60ft-0.932 sec., 330ft-2.398, 660ft-3.496/227.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.441. Severance launched hard and kept it hooked up to make another great pass. He makes the quickest pass of the session, but will stay in the number two spot. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.881 sec., 330ft-2.307, 660ft-3.422/222.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.382. Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.258/275.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.206/277.83, Was #3 Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 5.209/263.56, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.146/281.19, Was #1 Cowie is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.353, 660ft-3.482/219.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.445. Coughlin launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the second quickest pass of the session. He will not improve, but holds on to the number one spot. This is the fifth time this season and the sixth time in his career.
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