Fri, 20 May 2016, 19:54 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Bob Orme

TOPEKA, Kan. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 28th annual NHRA Kansas 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:

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Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.434/262.54, Now #5; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 5.730/230.02, Now #11; No Prior Run

6:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 28.84 inches, adjusted altitude 2,355 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Bradshaw had at least one cylinder out on this pass. A career best speed for Stevens.

James Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.932 sec., 330ft-2.396, 660ft-3.568/209.59 mph, 1,000ft-4.577.
Alan Bradshaw's incremental times: 60ft-0.978 sec., 330ft-2.541, 660ft-3.739/206.10 mph, 1,000ft-4.785.

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Right Lane: Monroe Guest Runs 14.054/79.29, Now #14; Best prior run: 10.832/98.54, Was #14

Guest was up in smoke on the hit.

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Left Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.488/269.40, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.088/132.75, Was #12
Right Lane: Gary Cooper Runs 5.642/253.95, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.654/261.37, Was #10

Cooper dropped a cylinder before half track.

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Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.350/260.76, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.470/257.28, Was #7
Right Lane: Mike Newkirk Runs 7.658/140.46, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.516/254.90, Was #9

Newkirk hazed the tires on the launch. A season's best ET for Fricke.

Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.458, 660ft-3.559/225.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.512.

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Left Lane: Chase Copeland Runs 5.332/274.83, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.449/266.58, Was #7
Right Lane: John Finke Runs 7.297/126.47, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.494/264.91, Was #8

Finke pedaled it a couple times and had a cylinder out. A season's best speed for Copeland.

Chase Copeland's incremental times: 60ft-0.951 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.575/226.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.522.

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Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.330/271.13, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.357/267.53, Was #6
Right Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 9.486/87.58, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.287/268.81, Was #2

Meyer chattered the tires for 150 feet before she lifted. No problems for Severance.

Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.528/218.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.502.

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Left Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 12.408/74.45, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.298/270.10, Was #3
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 6.601/138.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.282/273.72, Was #1

Callaway shook hard on the launch and his chutes deployed. Demke was off the throttle early, the reason not apparent from here.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink