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Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 01:00 AM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2
By Rick Green





LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge 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: Joey Severance Runs 5.934/179.09, Now #17; Best prior run: 8.796/122.10, Was #18

Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 81 percent, barometer 29.86 inches, adjusted altitude 3,070 feet.

Severance started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Braiden Chesleigh Runs 5.607/234.49, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.739/218.51, Was #16
Right Lane: Jennifer Wiens Runs 19.316/48.71, Now #21; No Prior Run

Chesleigh with a good pass early, started to get loose on the top end and clicked it off early.

Wiens was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.463/258.91, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.527/257.83, Was #14
Right Lane: Jerry Kumre Runs 12.458/96.74, Now #19; Best prior run: 14.326/76.86, Was #20

Sampey kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number 10 spot.

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

Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.396/270.59, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.527/265.69, Was #14
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.303/271.13, Now #4; Best prior run: 12.528/98.17, Was #20

Januik is straight down the groove with a good clean pass to move up the ladder five spots.

Fricke launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number four spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.446, 660ft-3.545/227.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.485.

Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 15.301/65.61, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.510/261.07, Was #15
Right Lane: Nick Spiegel Runs 6.823/194.02, Now #19; Best prior run: 8.622/111.62, Was #19

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

Spiegel is up in smoke right at the hit and pedals it one time.

Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.420/260.31, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.487/263.82, Was #13
Right Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 5.755/257.04, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.613/256.99, Was #17

Wolf is straight down the groove to move up the ladder three spots.

Myers with a clean pass, but will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 5.300/264.65, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.437/259.66, Was #11
Right Lane: Mike Austin Runs 12.536/59.58, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.498/261.02, Was #14

Eakins with the candles lit all the way down the track to make his quickest pass this season to go to the number four spot. Randy Eakins' incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.396, 660ft-3.502/223.84 mph, 1,000ft-4.462.

Austin lost traction early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.318/272.45, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.334/269.73, Was #9
Right Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 5.365/268.65, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.439/266.53, Was #12

Demke kept it hooked up and is straight down the groove to go to the number seven spot.

Blinzler is straight down the groove to move up the ladder two spots.

Left Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 5.276/270.92, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.320/269.51, Was #8
Right Lane: Megan Smith Runs 5.305/265.90, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.328/263.51, Was #9

Crampton launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number four spot. Richie Crampton's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.514/225.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.458.

Smith moves into the top half of the show with a good looking pass.

Left Lane: Jamie Noonan Runs 5.286/268.28, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.316/262.44, Was #8
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.276/271.62, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.266/271.24, Was #3

Noonan kept it hooked up to go to the number five spot.

Cowie is straight down the groove to go to the number three spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.929 sec., 330ft-2.366, 660ft-3.488/220.80 mph, 1,000ft-4.453.

Left Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.230/273.55, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.205/273.55, Was #1
Right Lane: Mitch Kalitta Runs 5.291/267.16, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.225/268.81, Was #2

Johnson with another great pass, the quickest of the session to hold on to the number one spot. Melanie Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.413, 660ft-3.494/230.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.421.

Kalitta is straight down the groove with the fifth quickest pass of the session.

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