Sat, 12 Oct 2019, 11:46 AM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina 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: Krista Baldwin Runs 5.350/267.43, Now #13; Best prior run: 14.274/61.49, Was #19
Right Lane: Earl Nichols Jr. Runs 5.537/263.00, Now #16; Best prior run: 14.024/59.43, Was #18
Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 53 percent, barometer 29.32 inches, adjusted altitude 2,291 feet, track temperature 70 degrees.
Baldwin is straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show. Krista Baldwin's incremental times: 60ft-0.947 sec., 330ft-2.447, 660ft-3.567/224.21 mph, 1,000ft-4.519.
Nichols Jr. gets in the show on the bump spot. Earl Nichols Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-1.005 sec., 330ft-2.556, 660ft-3.712/217.32 mph, 1,000ft-4.692.
Left Lane: Dan Dietrich Runs 5.626/254.57, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.481/116.02, Was #19
Right Lane: Mick Steele Runs 5.358/270.10, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.378/271.30, Was #14
Dietrich with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.
Steele with a good looking pass, his quickest of the weekend. He will stay in the number 14 spot. Mick Steele's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.466, 660ft-3.587/224.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.535.
Left Lane: Brad McBride Runs 8.059/118.25, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.589/221.31, Was #19
Right Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.306/276.01, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.347/277.77, Was #12
McBride is up in smoke early and clicked it off, he will not get in the show.
Veale kept it hooked up with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Jeff Veale's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.461, 660ft-3.572/227.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.503.
Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.274/276.46, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.376/154.58, Was #18
Right Lane: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 5.259/273.00, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.323/270.92, Was #12
Cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to get in the show up to the number nine spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.943 sec., 330ft-2.392, 660ft-3.512/222.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.465.
Fox Jr. kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to make his career quickest and fastest pass to move into the top half of the show. Tom Fox Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.896 sec., 330ft-2.348, 660ft-3.472/221.05 mph, 1,000ft-4.436.
Left Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 5.370/271.52, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.305/273.05, Was #12
Right Lane: Jamie Noonan Runs 5.308/271.57, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.293/272.67, Was #11
Samsel with a good pass, but will not improve...Robin Samsel's incremental times: 60ft-0.996 sec., 330ft-2.502, 660ft-3.609/227.04 mph, 1,000ft-4.551.
Noonan with another good pass, but will not improve. Jamie Noonan's incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.351, 660ft-3.493/215.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.477.
Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.263/273.50, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.278/273.61, Was #10
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.255/274.72, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.225/274.05, Was #5
Fricke kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to make her quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.936 sec., 330ft-2.415, 660ft-3.514/228.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.451.
Nataas is straight down the groove with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.431, 660ft-3.527/230.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.451.
Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.240/276.92, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.240/274.50, Was #7
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.278/275.51, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.209/277.26, Was #4
Shields is straight down the groove with another great pass, matching his qualifying time. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.407, 660ft-3.502/229.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.435.
Hart with good clean pass, but will not improve. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.430, 660ft-3.538/227.92 mph, 1,000ft-4.472.
Left Lane: Shane Conway Runs 16.383/67.36, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.225/272.61, Was #6
Right Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 7.911/105.82, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.186/277.43, Was #2
Conway is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Meyer starts to lose traction early and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 5.267/270.05, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.199/279.79, Was #3
Right Lane: Troy Coughlin Jr. Runs 5.126/282.66, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.169/281.07, Was #1
Mercier with another good pass, but will not improve and will start from the number three spot. Dan Mercier's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.412, 660ft-3.519/228.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.451.
Coughlin Jr. launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his career quickest pass. He improves on his number one qualifying spot. He runs the 8th quickest pass in the history of Top Alcohol dragster. He will start from the number one spot for the fourth time this season and the fifth time in his career.
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