Fri, 13 Nov 2026, 07:16 AM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals 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:

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Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.378/264.96, Now #8; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mark Whynaught Runs 5.330/271.08, Now #6; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 2,858 feet.

Sampey is straight down the groove to get in the show.

Whynaught kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to get in the show.

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Left Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 14.597/65.87, Now #20; Best prior run: 16.015/63.78, Was #19
Right Lane: Mitch Kalitta Runs 5.408/267.75, Now #9; Best prior run: 18.368/40.86, Was #20

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

Kalitta is straight down the groove to get in the show.

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Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.805/215.72, Now #15; Best prior run: 13.425/95.53, Was #19
Right Lane: Braiden Chesleigh Runs 5.249/272.01, Now #3; Best prior run: 12.270/81.70, Was #18

Januik starts to drift out of the groove and pedals it, but is real loose and clicks it off.

Chesleigh kept it hooked up to get in the show, all the way to the number three spot. Braiden Chesleigh's incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.415, 660ft-3.502/229.78 mph, 1,000ft-4.434.

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Left Lane: Jamie Noonan Runs 5.321/270.75, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.824/180.91, Was #17
Right Lane: Cheyne Phillips Runs 5.377/270.00, Now #10; Best prior run: 9.524/83.20, Was #19

Noonan is straight down the groove to get in the show to the number seven spot.

Phillips with a good clean pass to get in the show.

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Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.293/269.94, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.814/213.87, Was #18
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.276/267.75, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.650/139.27, Was #19

Severance kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to get in the show.

Demke with a great pass until right in the lights when he banged it. He still gets in the show to the number six spot.

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Left Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 15.204/76.74, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.513/266.37, Was #17
Right Lane: Jerry Kumre Runs 5.581/253.52, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.526/253.90, Was #18

Bateman is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

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

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Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.511/260.97, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.425/263.36, Was #15
Right Lane: Mitch Myers No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.490/261.42, Was #16

Grisel drove through tire shake and will not improve.

Myers couldn't get the car to fire and he stays on the bump spot.

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Left Lane: Mikel McQueen Runs 5.347/270.00, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.338/268.12, Was #11
Right Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 5.340/271.90, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.301/262.95, Was #8

McQueen is straight down the groove with another good pass, but will not improve.

crampton kept it hooked up with another good pass, but he won't improve.

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Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.288/266.79, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.252/271.62, Was #4
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.264/271.79, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.268/273.39, Was #5

Wolf kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove with another good looking pass, he will not improve.

Fricke was straight down the groove with her quickest pass today, she will stay in the number five spot. she makes the second quickest pass of the session. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.424, 660ft-3.516/228.81 mph, 1,000ft-4.450.

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Left Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.276/273.44, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.239/274.89, Was #2
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.235/276.18, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.225/275.51, Was #1

Johnson with another good looking pass, straight down the groove. She will not improve.

Cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.916 sec., 330ft-2.352, 660ft-3.467/222.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.422. He will qualify number one for the sixth time this season and 33rd of his career.

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