Sat, 05 Sep 2015, 13:08 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #3 |
By Larry Sullivan |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance 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: Joey Severance Runs 6.523/151.12, Now #23; Best prior run: 11.847/68.92, Was #23
Right Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 10.633/97.48, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.781/248.52, Was #20
12:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 3,657 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.
Severance was oh-for-two yesterday with severe
tire spin on the launch.
Severance had a good launch and looked good past the 330-foot marker, then his car
slowed. Stalba smoked the tires at the hit.
Michael Manners is on the bump spot at 5.561.
Left Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.440/265.27, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.924/207.66, Was #22
Right Lane: Jerry Powell Runs 14.688/52.03, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.743/245.27, Was #19
Sanford had one bad run, then left before the tree on the second yesterday.
Powell launched, shook, poedaled and shut off. Sanford finally got a good run, went all the way up to eighth on the qualifying list.
Now Marty Thacker is on the bump spot at 5.540.
Left Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 5.289/267.37, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.782/217.49, Was #22
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.466/259.36, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.571/257.19, Was #19
Tatum did not make a full pass on either attempt yesterday. Hart did better, but failed to improve in the second try yesterday.
Two nice runs, Tatum first in the twenties this weekend. That shuffles the entire field and Shawn Cowie ends up on the bump spot at 5.498.
Tripp Tatum's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.420, 660ft-3.518/227.19 mph, 1,000ft-4.461.
Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.974 sec., 330ft-2.484, 660ft-3.636/217.25 mph, 1,000ft-4.615.
Left Lane: Michael Manners Runs 5.448/250.46, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.561/252.57, Was #19
Right Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.575/251.30, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.565/253.28, Was #20
Manners stepped up and bumped his way back into the field. Cummings failed to improve, stayed on the outside.
Michael Manners' incremental times: 60ft-0.977 sec., 330ft-2.478, 660ft-3.606/221.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.577.
Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.454, 660ft-3.654/205.16 mph, 1,000ft-4.688.
Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.439/265.17, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.498/266.21, Was #17
Right Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.397/265.01, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.540/260.41, Was #19
Manners' run put Brandon Booher on the bump spot at 5.494.
These two were just bumped out, both bumped their way back in on nice runs.
Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.449, 660ft-3.607/213.87 mph, 1,000ft-4.596.
Marty Thacker's incremental times: 60ft-0.966 sec., 330ft-2.420, 660ft-3.565/216.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.552. That bumped Jeff Veale and Brandon Booher.
Now Josh Hart is on the bump spot at 5.466.
Left Lane: Jared Dreher Runs 5.338/262.39, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.462/260.11, Was #15
Right Lane: Bill Litton Runs 23.433/25.71, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.501/264.75, Was #19
Litton's crew had problems getting his engine to fire, so he made a very short burnout, barely across the line.
Litton was up in smoke after going about a foot, then coasted through. Dreher made a very strong run, going all the way up to the #2 spot.
Hart remains on the bump spot.
Left Lane: Noah Condo Runs 5.648/250.18, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.438/263.92, Was #10
Right Lane: Brandon Booher Runs 5.424/266.48, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.494/265.80, Was #18
Booher was just bumped from the field a couple pairs ago.
Booher made a good run and is now sitting atop the bottom half of the field. Condo had some early tire spin that cost him a tenth or two.
Noah Condo's incremental times: 60ft-1.002 sec., 330ft-2.523, 660ft-3.725/204.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.761.
Brandon Booher's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.425, 660ft-3.590/212.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.581.
Now Randy Meyer is on the bump spot at 5.455.
Left Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.379/274.66, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.426/270.37, Was #10
Right Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.366/276.13, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.479/266.90, Was #18
Veale was the last car outside the field and he made it look easy, moving into the top half with ease. Domingue also improved nicely and he is also in the top half.
That bumped Meyer, who is up next.
Now Michael Manners is back on the bump spot at 5.448 and Meyer is the only driver with a shot at bumping him out.
Buddy Domingue's incremental times: 60ft-1.020 sec., 330ft-2.511, 660ft-3.625/224.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.569.
Jeff Veale's incremental times: 60ft-0.990 sec., 330ft-2.483, 660ft-3.617/222.55 mph, 1,000ft-4.560.
Right Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.343/267.53, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.455/266.79, Was #17
This will end the bumnping cycle - either Meyer or Manners will be in the field for tomorrow's finl qualifying session, not both.
Meyer stepped up by a tenth and bumped Manners from the field. Meyer went all the way up to third.
That puts Rich McPhillips on the bump spot at 5.446 and he will be up next.
Randy Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.440, 660ft-3.563/223.47 mph, 1,000ft-4.516.
Left Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 13.517/82.23, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.417/264.03, Was #11
Right Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 5.308/272.72, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.446/268.76, Was #16
Ferre boiled the hides immediately. McPhillips made a very strong run, but came up short of the twenties, in the #2 spot.
Rich McPhillips' incremental times: 60ft-0.960 sec., 330ft-2.440, 660ft-3.552/225.60 mph, 1,000ft-4.493.
Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.297/271.52, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.414/269.94, Was #11
Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 11.741/85.83, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.344/269.78, Was #5
Shields was up in smoke immediately. Demke made a very strong run, the second to break into the twenties at this event.
Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.926 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.502/217.91 mph, 1,000ft-4.471.
Left Lane: Mia Tedesco Runs 24.016/23.99, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.354/268.49, Was #7
Tedesco was up in smoke immediately.
With one session left, tomorrow, Tripp Tatum leads the pack at 5.289 and Ashley Sanford is on the bump spot at 5.440.
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