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Sat, 29 Oct 2022, 14:45 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual NHRA Nevada 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:
Right Lane: Mike Austin Runs 5.432/266.16, Now #17; Best prior run: 12.016/85.79, Was #21

Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 11 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 2,264 feet.

Austin with his quickest pass of the weekend, straight down the groove. He will not get in the show.

Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.334/270.32, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.413/177.56, Was #21
Right Lane: Eric Chesleigh Runs 5.440/260.86, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.500/257.19, Was #20

Stevens kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to get into the show. That bumps out Ahten...James Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.925 sec., 330ft-2.380, 660ft-3.521/216.10 mph, 1,000ft-4.503.

Chesleigh gets it to hook up and he makes his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Trevor Larkin Runs 5.453/256.55, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.470/252.14, Was #21
Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.288/281.66, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.379/270.00, Was #17

Larkin with a good looking pass, his career quickest and he will not get in the show.

Ahten launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number six spot. That bumps out Fox Jr. Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec., 330ft-2.438, 660ft-3.562/225.45 mph, 1,000ft-4.494.

Left Lane: Mike Burns Runs 5.324/272.17, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.451/269.56, Was #20
Right Lane: Taylor Vetter Runs 5.264/279.27, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.336/276.63, Was #14

Burns with a great pass, he gets it to hook up and makes his career quickest and fastest pass to go to the number 10 spot. Mike Burns' incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.424, 660ft-3.548/221.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.503.

Vetter with her quickest and fastest pass of the weekend to go to the number four spot. Taylor Vetter's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.396, 660ft-3.508/223.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.457.

Left Lane: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 9.792/102.65, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.360/270.86, Was #18
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 8.739/88.60, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.331/268.54, Was #14

Fox Jr. with severe tire shake and he clicks it off. He will not get in the show.

Nataas loses traction and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.337/269.29, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.352/271.62, Was #17
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.298/272.06, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.324/272.01, Was #11

Grisel is straight down the groove and kept it hooked up to get in the show with his quickest pass of the weekend. That bumped out Anderson. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.558/221.92 mph, 1,000ft-4.513.

Demke is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder a couple spots. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.916 sec., 330ft-2.366, 660ft-3.500/218.12 mph, 1,000ft-4.473.

Casey Grisel is on the bump spot at 5.337, this ties the quickest bump spot.

Left Lane: Ron Anderson Runs 5.356/269.08, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.347/267.16, Was #17
Right Lane: Madison Payne Runs 5.242/278.98, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.318/275.62, Was #10

Anderson with another good looking pass, but will not get back in the show. Ron Anderson's incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.477, 660ft-3.585/226.13 mph, 1,000ft-4.531.

Payne with her quickest and fastest of the weekend to go to the number three spot. Madison Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.407, 660ft-3.507/227.50 mph, 1,000ft-4.441.

Left Lane: Jasmine Salinas Runs 5.389/275.73, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.329/269.67, Was #13
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 6.109/162.47, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.291/273.16, Was #9

Salinas with a clean pass, but will not improve.

Severance starts to lose traction and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Hunter Green Runs 5.251/269.24, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.327/263.46, Was #12
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.227/276.24, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.265/275.73, Was #6

This is a great side-by-side drag race.

Green kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove. He makes his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the field. Hunter Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.402, 660ft-3.496/229.27 mph, 1,000ft-4.431.

Cowie with a great pass, his quickest and fastest pass of the weekend and goes to the number three spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.343, 660ft-3.459/222.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.413.

Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.297/267.22, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.279/272.94, Was #8
Right Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 5.304/274.44, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.254/273.66, Was #6

Fricke with another good pass, she is consistent this weekend. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.412, 660ft-3.512/226.81 mph, 1,000ft-4.464.

Bateman with a good pass, but will not improve. Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.438, 660ft-3.549/225.18 mph, 1,000ft-4.491.

Left Lane: Kim Parker Runs 13.363/73.51, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.198/272.34, Was #1
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 5.290/273.61, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.219/276.52, Was #2

Parker is up in smoke right at the hit. She will hold on to the number one spot for the second time this season and the fifth time in her career.

Stewart kept it hooked up and straight down th groove with another good pass. He makes the sixth quickest pass of the session. Tony Stewart's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.445, 660ft-3.543/227.19 mph, 1,000ft-4.479.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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