Sun, 01 Nov 2026, 19:25 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Melanie Johnson                      7299 Nick Januik                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030  5.276 268.22                     0.053  7.718 118.31
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Eakins    ) 0.038  5.262 272.72      (J Severance ) 0.075  5.335 270.21
E1    (A Sampey    ) 0.008  5.278 274.39      (R Crampton  ) 0.053  5.403 270.05
 Qualified:             #1  5.205 273.55                       #13  5.396 270.59

Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.75 inches, adjusted altitude 2,893 feet, track temperature 75 degrees.

This is the first time Johnson and Januik have faced each other in eliminations.

Johnson with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She is advancing to her second national event final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jackie Fricke                           6 Jamie Noonan                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.083  5.257 271.68                     0.041  5.342 269.78
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Kalitta   ) 0.028  5.245 271.90      (S Cowie     ) 0.050  5.276 269.83
E1    (K Wolf      ) 0.061  5.308 264.23      (S Blinzler  ) 0.019  5.303 267.91
 Qualified:             #7  5.296 262.03                        #6  5.286 268.28

This is the first time Fricke and Noonan have faced each other in eliminations.

Noonan with the starting line advantage, but Fricke chased him down by 250 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. She will have lane choice over Johnson in the final. She is advancing to her 20th career final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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