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Sat, 05 Sep 2026, 11:11 AM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green





INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. 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: Anthony Troyer Runs 5.227/276.75, Now #1; Best prior run: 42.690/29.37, Was #17

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 73 percent, barometer 29.92 inches, adjusted altitude 3,128 feet.

Troyer with a little tire shake early and he drives through it to go to the number one spot. Anthony Troyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.498/230.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.424.

Left Lane: John Ausherman Runs 14.647/75.32, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.608/257.53, Was #13
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.270/274.27, Now #2; Best prior run: 12.753/63.34, Was #17

Ausherman is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Cowie kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to get in the show. He goes to the number two spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.375, 660ft-3.494/220.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.453.

Left Lane: Corey Michalek Runs 5.420/268.44, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.594/265.95, Was #13
Right Lane: John Paul Gutierrez Runs 5.406/264.75, Now #8; Best prior run: 12.375/107.75, Was #17

Michalek was straight down the groove with his quickest pass this weekend to go to the number nine spot.

Gutierrez launched hard and kept it hooked up to get in the show. He goes to the number eight spot.

Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.449/267.69, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.563/257.97, Was #14
Right Lane: Sarah Allen Runs 5.458/265.06, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.461/237.80, Was #17

Sampey with a good clean pass to move up the ladder a couple spots.

Allen got it to hook up and was straight down the groove to get in the show. she goes to the number 13 spot.

Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.285/274.44, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.471/253.85, Was #14
Right Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 15.763/83.53, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.615/264.75, Was #17

Fricke launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.444, 660ft-3.539/228.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.474.

Dreher is up in s,moke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Brandon Greco Runs 5.306/272.12, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.420/266.69, Was #11
Right Lane: Megan Smith Runs 5.409/277.37, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.483/269.13, Was #15

Greco was straight down the groove to move into the top half of the show.

Smith kept it hooked up with her quickest pass this weekend to go to the number 11 spot.

Left Lane: Mitch Kalitta Runs 18.429/42.27, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.400/263.77, Was #9
Right Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 5.255/276.97, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.434/271.84, Was #13

Kalitta is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Blinzler launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Shaunda Blinzler's incremental times: 60ft-0.910 sec., 330ft-2.355, 660ft-3.483/218.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.443.

Left Lane: Jamie Noonan Runs 5.276/269.62, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.368/268.87, Was #9
Right Lane: TJ Tindle Runs 5.902/192.38, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.365/272.06, Was #8

Noonan was straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number four spot. Jamie Noonan's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.399, 660ft-3.505/225.41 mph, 1,000ft-4.452.

Tindle started to haze the tires just past half track and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Richie Crampton No Time, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.302/270.16, Was #6
Right Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 11.000/79.85, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.352/269.73, Was #8

Crampton's chutes deploy as he hits the throttle for the burnout and is shut off.

Johnson started to rattle the tires early and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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