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Thu, 12 Oct 2023, 19:08 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1
By Rick Green





ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.356/271.13, Now #1
Right Lane: Karl Brounkowski Runs 5.474/247.39, Now #2

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 60 percent, barometer 29.59 inches, adjusted altitude 3,173 feet.

Sampey making her first official run in Alcohol dragster. she is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.462, 660ft-3.581/225.01 mph, 1,000ft-4.533.

Brounkowski with a clean pass...

Left Lane: Nick Spiegel Runs 7.453/117.80, Now #4
Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.209/272.17, Now #1

Spiegel starts to lose traction and clicks it off.

Wolf launched hard and kept it hooked up with his career quickest pass. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.379, 660ft-3.460/230.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.392.

Left Lane: Matt Sackman Runs 5.383/270.90, Now #4
Right Lane: Terry Schmidt Runs 5.260/262.50, Now #2

Sackman with a good clean pass to start the weekend.

Schmidt kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove to the number two spot. Terry Schmidt's incremental times: 60ft-0.922 sec., 330ft-2.377, 660ft-3.474/225.87 mph, 1,000ft-4.425.

Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.312/270.30, Now #3
Right Lane: Bob Button Runs 5.418/260.64, Now #6

Stevens with a good pass to start the weekend. James Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.356, 660ft-3.495/216.24 mph, 1,000ft-4.478.

Button is straight down the groove.

Left Lane: Aaron Cooper Runs 5.255/278.97, Now #2
Right Lane: Hunter Green Runs 23.004/28.48, Now #10

Cooper kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Aaron Cooper's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.415, 660ft-3.527/227.15 mph, 1,000ft-4.458.

Green lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 5.246/275.85, Now #2
Right Lane: Madison Payne Runs 5.316/275.53, Now #6

Coughlin with a great pass, he was straight down the groove. He kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up. He goes to the number two spot. Mike Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.408, 660ft-3.499/229.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.436.

Payne with a good clean pass to go to the number six spot. Madison Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.969 sec., 330ft-2.444, 660ft-3.556/224.18 mph, 1,000ft-4.503.

Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 10.021/108.23, Now #13
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.291/273.12, Now #5

Severance loses traction right off the starting line and clicks it off.

Fricke with a good clean pass to start the weekend. She kept it hooked up all the way down the 1320 to go to the number five spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.423, 660ft-3.533/224.93 mph, 1,000ft-4.476.

Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.232/277.20, Now #2
Right Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.238/273.06, Now #3

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

Cowie kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number two spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.904 sec., 330ft-2.345, 660ft-3.458/221.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.418.

Cummings is right there with him to go to the number three spot. Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.405, 660ft-3.493/229.49 mph, 1,000ft-4.424.

Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 12.098/81.71, Now #17
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.290/263.50, Now #7

Stewart is leaking fuel right at the hit and clicks it off.

Nataas is straight down the groove with a good clean pass to go to the number seven spot. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.415, 660ft-3.513/228.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.453.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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