Sat, 29 Oct 2016, 14:02 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th 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: Greg Sereda Runs 6.188/237.34, Now #14; Best prior run: 16.945/42.51, Was #18
Sereda made a quick move toward the centerline and pedaled it to reel it back in. He gets in the show.
Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.311/269.78, Now #2; Best prior run: 11.990/64.36, Was #16
Severance launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number two spot. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.906 sec., 330ft-2.361, 660ft-3.500/217.46 mph, 1,000ft-4.477.
Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 8.432/105.50, Now #17; Best prior run: 8.331/104.35, Was #16
Right Lane: Cody Perkins Runs 6.437/191.40, Now #16; Best prior run: 16.901/43.15, Was #18
Wolf is up in smoke right at the hit, but drives trough and was real loose...Perkins gets it to hook up enough to get in the show.
Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.511/258.27, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.757/256.80, Was #14
Right Lane: Jake Sanders Runs 5.889/230.96, Now #15; Best prior run: 16.825/68.69, Was #18
Grisel with a good clean pass to move up the ladder. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.975 sec., 330ft-2.535, 660ft-3.692/217.81 mph, 1,000ft-4.663. Sanders gets in the show. Jake Sanders' incremental times: 60ft-1.004 sec., 330ft-2.633, 660ft-3.892/198.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.957.
Left Lane: Gary Cooper Runs 5.597/249.12, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.621/245.14, Was #13
Right Lane: Megan McKernan Runs 5.578/243.33, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.742/241.15, Was #14
Cooper improves, but is bumped back one spot by McKernan who makes a good pass. Gary Cooper's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.495, 660ft-3.694/208.30 mph, 1,000ft-4.713.
Megan McKernan's incremental times: 60ft-0.985 sec., 330ft-2.533, 660ft-3.696/215.89 mph, 1,000ft-4.684.
Left Lane: Jay Livingston Runs 5.473/259.11, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.505/247.25, Was #10
Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 5.414/264.86, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.558/261.57, Was #12
Livingston is straight down the groove and improves, but stays in the number ten spot as Laughlin makes a great pass. Jay Livingston's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.422, 660ft-3.597/208.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.610. Laughlin goes to the number seven spot with his career best pass in his second career race. Alex Laughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.486, 660ft-3.617/221.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.576.
Left Lane: Monty Bugeja Runs 5.422/262.85, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.479/261.88, Was #11
Right Lane: Ashley Sanford Runs 15.592/68.37, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.434/262.44, Was #9
Bugeja with a great pass to get into the top half of the show. Monty Bugeja's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.396, 660ft-3.564/211.20 mph, 1,000ft-4.569. Sanford is up in smoke as soon as he hits the throttle.
Left Lane: Gord Gingles Runs 5.318/269.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.409/264.60, Was #6
Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 14.357/83.00, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.430/254.71, Was #9
Gingles kept it hitting on all eight all the way down the track to go to the number three spot. Gord Gingles' incremental times: 60ft-0.949 sec., 330ft-2.426, 660ft-3.545/223.43 mph, 1,000ft-4.495. Ahten is up in smoke right at the hit clicks it off.
Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.455/262.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.367/267.27, Was #6
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.335/267.69, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.331/268.76, Was #4
Demke starts to shake and Demke pedals it around 300 feet and gets it to hook up, but he will not improve. Chris Demke's incremental times: 60ft-0.932 sec., 330ft-2.433, 660ft-3.609/211.49 mph, 1,000ft-4.606.
Cowie with another great pass, but will not improve. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.375, 660ft-3.517/216.69 mph, 1,000ft-4.499.
Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.331/267.11, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.357/269.83, Was #5
Right Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 5.242/272.12, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.284/272.83, Was #1
Fricke with a great pass, but will not improve. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.441, 660ft-3.545/225.48 mph, 1,000ft-4.499. Bateman launched hard and kept it hooked up to improve on his number one qualifying spot. Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.924 sec., 330ft-2.384, 660ft-3.489/227.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.426.
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