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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA 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: Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.430/272.78, Now #14; Best prior run: 8.951/95.37, Was #22 7:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.83 inches, adjusted altitude 2,813 feet. Cowie goes down the groove with a good pass to get in the show in the 14th spot for now. Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.479/265.64, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.861/264.08, Was #22 Right Lane: Jon Bradford No Time, Now #25; No Prior Run Bradford does his burnout and the chutes deploy. He gets out of the dragster and climbs over the wall. Januik improves but not enough to get him in the show. Left Lane: Kim Parker Runs 5.471/252.61, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.513/246.39, Was #21 Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.217/269.67, Now #1; Best prior run: 15.278/47.51, Was #24 Parker improves but not enough to get in the show. nataas goes down the groove with an impressive pass and she goes all the way to the top. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.912 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.462/228.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.399. Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.276/266.21, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.512/261.83, Was #22 Right Lane: Mike Austin Runs 5.444/266.27, Now #17; Best prior run: 9.213/101.30, Was #24 Wolf goes down the groove with a good pass and he moves up to the fourth spot. Austin makes a clean, straight pass but he doesn't get in the field. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.410, 660ft-3.512/227.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.450. Left Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 8.180/104.50, Now #23; Best prior run: 5.487/259.36, Was #23 Right Lane: Tyson Parker Runs 6.850/155.78, Now #24; Best prior run: 5.709/252.47, Was #24 Cummings started off well, a .923 60 foot time, but then has problems and is out of power before he reaches half track. Parker gets about 1000 feet out and is out of power, not sure why. Left Lane: Aaron Olivarez Runs 5.376/257.19, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.485/257.19, Was #22 Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.394/265.17, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.476/257.28, Was #20 A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good runs. Olivarez gets in the field in the 12th spot, Grisel the 15th spot. Aaron Olivarez's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.444, 660ft-3.572/222.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.529. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.473, 660ft-3.596/221.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.557. Left Lane: Trevor Larkin Runs 5.401/258.27, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.396/259.51, Was #16 Right Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 5.444/259.21, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.461/259.56, Was #20 Larkin makes a decent pass but doesn't improve and stays on the bump. Myers improves but make it in the qualified field. Left Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 5.333/270.54, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.394/268.06, Was #14 Right Lane: Todd Bruce Runs 5.393/273.27, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.410/272.83, Was #17 Blinzler goes down the groove with a good run and gets into the top half of the field. Bruce improves and gets in the field in the 15th spot, bumping out Larkin. Shaunda Blinzler's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.384, 660ft-3.528/217.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.505. Todd Bruce's incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.493, 660ft-3.626/221.60 mph, 1,000ft-4.577. Left Lane: Hunter Green Runs 5.253/273.05, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.355/270.81, Was #10 Right Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 15.029/80.08, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.385/270.48, Was #14 Green goes down the groove with a good pass and moves all the way to the second spot. Dreher went up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Hunter Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.405, 660ft-3.504/227.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.440. Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.305/271.46, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.297/272.45, Was #7 Right Lane: Madison Payne Runs 5.298/272.39, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.374/274.00, Was #12 Severance makes another good pass but he doesn't improve. Payne improves and gets in the top half of the field. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.374, 660ft-3.507/215.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.478. Madison Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.436, 660ft-3.541/225.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.485. Left Lane: Nick Spiegel Runs 5.310/269.40, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.288/269.73, Was #6 Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.319/263.98, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.358/269.94, Was #12 A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good runs. Spiegel doesn't improve and stays in the sixth spot. Sampey improves and moves up to the ninth spot. Nick Spiegel's incremental times: 60ft-0.918 sec., 330ft-2.363, 660ft-3.503/216.93 mph, 1,000ft-4.479. Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.449, 660ft-3.546/226.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.484. Left Lane: Joe Maynard Runs 5.311/269.29, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.273/269.08, Was #4 Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.284/273.50, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.354/273.11, Was #12 Another good pair, both down the groove with clean, straight passes. Maynard doesn't improve and stays in the fourth spot. Fricke improves and gets in the top half of the field in the sixth spot. Joe Maynard's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.403, 660ft-3.525/222.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.482. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.924 sec., 330ft-2.419, 660ft-3.534/225.41 mph, 1,000ft-4.472. Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.324/270.21, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.267/271.62, Was #3 Right Lane: James Stevens Runs 8.148/130.45, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.351/269.67, Was #12 Demke makes another good pass but he slows from his earlier attempt. Stevens strikes the tires at the hit and has to give up on the run. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.924 sec., 330ft-2.359, 660ft-3.501/214.93 mph, 1,000ft-4.490.
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