Fri, 24 Sep 2010, 07:12 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec 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: Mark Taliaferro Runs 6.148/248.20, Now #13; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Scott Palmer Runs 5.694/242.80, Now #11; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 90 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.46 inches, adjusted altitude 3,552 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

Taliaferro was dropping cylinders early...Palmer gets down the track.

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Left Lane: James Thompson Runs 6.869/225.33, Now #14; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Art Trautman Runs 6.386/229.90, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.978/223.76, Was #12

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Left Lane: David Brounkowski Runs 5.731/246.12, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.691/241.89, Was #10

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Left Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 5.564/263.26, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.614/258.52, Was #7
Right Lane: Michael Manners Runs 5.404/266.00, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.628/260.51, Was #8

Manners with a great pass to go to number one spot...Michael Manners' incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.464, 660ft-3.600/220.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.568.

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Left Lane: Brandon Pierce Runs 5.536/263.46, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.562/257.83, Was #6
Right Lane: Shayne Lawson Runs 5.572/260.31, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.579/260.76, Was #8

Brandon Pierce's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.516, 660ft-3.701/212.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.691.
Shayne Lawson's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.552, 660ft-3.723/214.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.715.

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Left Lane: Chase Copeland Runs 5.489/271.84, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.519/242.71, Was #5
Right Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.781/247.79, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.515/250.64, Was #4

Copeland with a nice pass...Chase Copeland's incremental times: 60ft-0.980 sec., 330ft-2.541, 660ft-3.699/217.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.667.

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Left Lane: Marty Thacker No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.442/263.46, Was #2
Right Lane: Jim Whiteley Runs 5.389/267.53, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.466/265.06, Was #3

Whiteley launched hard and goes straight down the groove to the number one spot. Jim Whiteley's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.404, 660ft-3.557/214.72 mph, 1,000ft-4.548.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink