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BRAINERD, Minn. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd 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: John Haley Runs 5.790/229.12, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.678/243.55, Was #15 Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 30.11 inches, adjusted altitude 2,275 feet. Haley drives through tire shake, but will not improve. Left Lane: Jim Lamb Runs 11.763/63.01, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.534/265.06, Was #14 Right Lane: Nick Spiegel Runs 5.268/275.00, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.445/257.24, Was #13 Lamb with tire shake right at the hit and clicks it off. Spiegel kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number four spot. He make his quickest of the season and career fastest pass. Nick Spiegel's incremental times: 60ft-0.917 sec., 330ft-2.353, 660ft-3.486/219.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.451. Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.370/270.00, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.435/267.75, Was #12 Right Lane: Mike Quayle Runs 14.583/82.64, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.437/259.56, Was #13 Wolf is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. He moves up the ladder one spot. Quayle overpowered the track right at the hit and clicked it off. Left Lane: Anthony Troyer Runs 5.198/277.26, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.295/273.00, Was #8 Right Lane: Todd Bruce Runs 5.367/271.24, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.367/271.35, Was #10 Troyer launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. He makes his fastest pass of the season. Anthony Troyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.395, 660ft-3.477/231.83 mph, 1,000ft-4.399. Bruce is straight down the groove, matching his numbers from yesterday. Left Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 16.991/62.47, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.285/270.21, Was #8 Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.340/267.43, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.415/270.10, Was #12 Cummings is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off Sampey kept it hooked up and makes her quickest pass of the weekend. She goes to the number 10 spot. Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 11.664/93.50, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.276/273.94, Was #7 Right Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.193/274.50, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.299/272.12, Was #9 Severance with severe tire shake right at the hit and clicked it off. Johnson launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. She makes her quickest pass of the season. Melanie Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.380, 660ft-3.457/230.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.386. Left Lane: Jon Bradford Runs 5.221/276.58, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.261/274.83, Was #5 Right Lane: Mitch Kalitta Runs 5.219/274.66, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.274/264.18, Was #7 Bradford kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his quickest pass of weekend. Kalitta launched hard and is straight down the groove to go to the number four spot. Mitch Kalitta's incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.485/229.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.414. Left Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 5.165/277.37, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.243/269.40, Was #6 Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.169/278.81, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.211/277.60, Was #3 This is a great drag race to warp up Alcohol qualifying. Bradshaw launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. He makes his career quickest pass. Alan Bradshaw's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.355, 660ft-3.439/231.56 mph, 1,000ft-4.363. cowie with another great pass, his quickest pass of the weekend. He will start from the number two spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.904 sec., 330ft-2.314, 660ft-3.416/224.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.363.
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