Fri, 19 Jun 2020, 18:25 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

EPPING, N.H. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway 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: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 5.345/271.62, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.517/213.91, Was #3
Right Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 5.238/276.35, Now #1; Best prior run: 9.038/71.87, Was #4

This was a good side-by-side drag race.

Fox Jr. is straight down the groove. Tom Fox Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.421, 660ft-3.550/004.52 mph, 1,000ft-4.518.

McPhillips launched hard and kept it hooked up. Rich McPhillips' incremental times: 60ft-0.957 sec., 330ft-2.420, 660ft-3.508/230.17 mph, 1,000ft-4.435.

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Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 14.616/46.91, Now #5; Best prior run: 11.332/85.90, Was #5
Right Lane: Dan Mercier Runs 12.384/71.59, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.498/270.43, Was #4

Fricke is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.

Mercier loses traction early and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 11.434/80.90, Now #6; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 7.367/117.24, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.259/271.08, Was #2

Shields is up in smoke and clicks it off.

Hart started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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