Sat, 10 Nov 2018, 15:20 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals 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: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.417/268.97, Now #12; Best prior run: 8.922/98.02, Was #18
Right Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.603/267.48, Now #16; Best prior run: 8.412/101.53, Was #17
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 28.86 inches, adjusted altitude 2,464 feet, track temperature 94 degrees.
This is the session that got moved from last night because of curfew.
Ahten is straight down the groove into the show. Johnny Ahten's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.481, 660ft-3.623/220.15 mph, 1,000ft-4.588.
Stevens started to smoke the tires and pedaled it to get in on the bubble. James Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.512, 660ft-3.739/203.83 mph, 1,000ft-4.759.
Left Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 5.402/258.17, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.534/257.24, Was #15
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.291/274.44, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.242/259.76, Was #18
Baldwin kept it hooked up to get in the show. Krista Baldwin's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.460, 660ft-3.595/220.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.560.
Fricke launched hard and kept it in the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.554/228.42 mph, 1,000ft-4.485.
Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.600/258.96, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.466/258.96, Was #15
Right Lane: Tiffany Januik Runs 5.983/251.81, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.779/230.53, Was #18
Grissel is dropping cylinders on the left bank right at the hit. He stays with it, but doesn't get it to clean up and will not improve. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.998 sec., 330ft-2.568, 660ft-3.744/212.76 mph, 1,000ft-4.741.
Januik slows from her time from yesterday and will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Don St. Arnaud Runs 5.413/276.97, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.373/276.01, Was #10
Right Lane: Fred Hanssen No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.519/267.27, Was #16
St. Arnaud with another good pass, but will not improve. Don St. Arnaud's incremental times: 60ft-0.967 sec., 330ft-2.502, 660ft-3.649/219.94 mph, 1,000ft-4.605.
Hanssen rolled the beam...the word from the track is there is also oil in his lane. He holds on to the bump spot.
Left Lane: Shane Conway Runs 5.327/266.95, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.353/267.32, Was #9
Right Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 12.671/66.06, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.404/262.90, Was #13
Conway launched hard hard and kept it hooked up with his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number nine spot. Shane Conway's incremental times: 60ft-0.919 sec., 330ft-2.400, 660ft-3.528/221.09 mph, 1,000ft-4.492.
Eakins is up smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.837/174.39, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.319/273.00, Was #8
Right Lane: Derik Milanesio Runs 15.601/68.63, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.374/270.27, Was #11
Shields started lose traction and clicked it off.
Milanesio was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Garrett Bateman Runs 5.294/275.45, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.266/277.37, Was #4
Right Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 5.322/274.78, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.298/277.37, Was #7
Bateman launched hard and kept it hooked up with the second quickest pass of the session, but will not improve. Garrett Bateman's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.430, 660ft-3.547/225.90 mph, 1,000ft-4.486.
Mercier with another good pass, but will not improve. The third quickest pass of the session. Dan Mercier's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.432, 660ft-3.564/222.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.512.
Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.294/278.92, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.232/279.79, Was #3
Right Lane: Kim Parker Runs 5.472/265.59, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.296/271.79, Was #6
Nataas launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to make the second quickest pass of the session. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.968 sec., 330ft-2.460, 660ft-3.569/227.84 mph, 1,000ft-4.496.
Parker shut it off early and will stay in the number six spot.
Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.255/276.97, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.203/280.54, Was #1
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 15.585/79.56, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.204/277.83, Was #2
Cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up and straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the session. He holds on to the number one spot for the tenth time in his career and the third time this year all in the last three races. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.933 sec., 330ft-2.378, 660ft-3.492/222.66 mph, 1,000ft-4.445.
Severance was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.
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