Sat, 15 May 2021, 15:36 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide 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:

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Lane 1: Corey Michalek Runs 15.669/54.30, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.317/268.22, Was #9
Lane 4: Jasmine Salinas Runs 5.336/278.06, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.369/227.65, Was #13

Michalek was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Salinas made a move toward the centerline, but she stand with it to move up the ladder two spots. Jasmine Salinas' incremental times: 60ft-0.983 sec., 330ft-2.490, 660ft-3.599/227.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.534.

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Lane 1: Joey Severance Runs 5.274/272.23, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.294/272.72, Was #8
Lane 2: Will Smith Runs 5.471/262.69, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.556/249.07, Was #14
Lane 4: James Stevens Runs 5.298/272.34, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.366/269.46, Was #13

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 30.22 inches, adjusted altitude 1,670 feet.

Severance is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.908 sec., 330ft-2.363, 660ft-3.486/221.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.451.

Smith with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 14 spot. Will Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.475, 660ft-3.637/216.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.622.

Stevens kept it hooked up to move up the ladder to the number nine spot. James Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.378, 660ft-3.510/219.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.476.

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Lane 1: Duane Shields Runs 5.249/278.40, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.254/278.81, Was #6
Lane 2: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.172/277.60, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.276/271.57, Was #8
Lane 4: Dan Dietrich Runs 7.412/121.98, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.341/267.69, Was #13

Shields with his quickest pass of the weekend. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.514/228.54 mph, 1,000ft-4.448.

cummings launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.398, 660ft-3.468/234.53 mph, 1,000ft-4.380.

dietrich started to lose traction and clicked it off.

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Lane 1: Robin Samsel Runs 5.184/278.17, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.198/277.32, Was #5
Lane 2: Karen Stalba Runs 7.321/105.67, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.147/281.66, Was #1
Lane 3: Julie Nataas Runs 13.608/51.76, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.150/276.80, Was #2
Lane 4: Rachel Meyer Runs 5.181/274.39, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.181/278.92, Was #4

Samsel kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number five spot. Robin Samsel's incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec., 330ft-2.378, 660ft-3.460/231.32 mph, 1,000ft-4.384.

Stalba starts to lose traction and clicks it off. She holds on the to the number one spot for the third time in her career and all have been this year.

Nataas is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

Meyer with another great pass. Rachel Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.373, 660ft-3.446/232.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.373.

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