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Sat, 31 Oct 2015, 17:50 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NHRA Toyota 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: David Sheetz Runs 5.612/257.78, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.528/264.75, Was #20
Right Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 5.729/245.27, Now #23; Best prior run: 5.706/238.30, Was #23

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 4,002 feet, track temperature 102 degrees.

Sheetz was dropping cylinders right at the start and never got them to pick back up. He will not get in the show. No help here for Eakins and he will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Derik Milanesio Runs 5.569/245.72, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.522/250.09, Was #19
Right Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 5.484/256.26, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.603/261.83, Was #22

Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.92 inches, adjusted altitude 4,275 feet, track temperature 105 degrees.

No help here for Milanesio and he will not get in the show. Tatum with a nice looking pass, his quickest of the weekend, but will just come up a little short of getting in the show. Tripp Tatum's incremental times: 60ft-0.955 sec., 330ft-2.487, 660ft-3.631/215.37 mph, 1,000ft-4.621.

Left Lane: John Finke Runs 5.958/229.00, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.497/252.52, Was #19
Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.480/255.53, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.546/253.52, Was #22

Finke slows on the top end and he will not get in the show. Ahten with a good looking pass, his quickest of the weekend, but he will come up just short of getting in the show. Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.941 sec., 330ft-2.474, 660ft-3.623/216.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.613.

Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 16.943/47.73, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.468/260.97, Was #16
Right Lane: Ross Stickler Runs 5.488/261.57, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.484/254.09, Was #19

Grisel is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle and clicks it off. Strickler slows from his best pass and he will not get in the show. Ross Stickler's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.440, 660ft-3.628/210.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.633.

Left Lane: Cameron Ferre Runs 14.252/84.91, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.449/257.92, Was #15
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 11.246/68.13, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.441/250.74, Was #14

Ferre was up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle. Fricke started to lose traction early and clicked it off.

Left Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 5.402/258.47, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.438/253.14, Was #13
Right Lane: Al Moeser Runs 5.380/261.67, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.427/263.77, Was #12

Bradshaw launched hard and keep it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 13 spot. Alan Bradshaw's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.436, 660ft-3.565/219.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.545. Moeser with a real nice pass, his quickest of the weekend to move up the number ten spot. Al Moeser's incremental times: 60ft-0.952 sec., 330ft-2.448, 660ft-3.578/221.74 mph, 1,000ft-4.538.

Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.334/270.81, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.386/267.06, Was #12
Right Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 5.429/269.19, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.386/268.92, Was #11

Severance launched hard and was straight down the groove to go to the number three spot Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.919 sec., 330ft-2.379, 660ft-3.528/215.75 mph, 1,000ft-4.505. Sanford with another good pass, but will not improve and gets bumped back one spot. Ashley Sanford's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.491, 660ft-3.634/219.90 mph, 1,000ft-4.596.

Left Lane: Bill Litton Runs 5.393/267.59, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.371/268.44, Was #9
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.430/267.64, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.379/267.00, Was #10

Litton with another good pass, but will not improve and will stay in the number nine spot. Bill Litton's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.603/220.01 mph, 1,000ft-4.564. Cowie was straight down the groove, but will not improve and will stay in the number ten spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.976 sec., 330ft-2.452, 660ft-3.608/214.25 mph, 1,000ft-4.593.

Left Lane: Megan McKernan Runs 5.388/268.92, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.335/270.92, Was #5
Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.646/248.16, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.362/269.40, Was #8

McKeran with a good looking pass, the third quickest pass of this round, but will not improve. Megan McKernan's incremental times: 60ft-0.984 sec., 330ft-2.489, 660ft-3.613/222.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.565. Shields was dropping cylinders early and will not improve.

Left Lane: Chase Copeland Runs 5.478/256.70, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.334/263.87, Was #4
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 9.050/90.96, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.352/269.40, Was #7

Copeland with a good pass, but will not improve...Chase Copeland's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.486, 660ft-3.640/216.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.617. Demke starts to lose traction early and clicks it off.

Left Lane: Michael Manners Runs 16.017/45.83, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.281/266.95, Was #2
Right Lane: Don St. Arnaud Runs 5.473/263.56, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.336/274.83, Was #6

Manners is up in smoke as soon as he hit the throttle and clicked it off. St. Arnaud with a good clean pass, but will not improve and will start from the number six spot. Don St. Arnaud's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.494, 660ft-3.655/216.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.632.

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