Fri, 16 Oct 2020, 21:14 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 35th annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: David Sheetz Runs 6.233/196.04, Now #1
Right Lane: Karl Brounkowski Runs 11.485/74.30, Now #2

Sheetz started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Brounkowski is up in smoke right at the hit.

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Left Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 8.304/161.34, Now #2
Right Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 17.800/72.19, Now #4

Domingue is up in smoke and pedals it and is back up in smoke before he clicks it off.

Massey is up in smoke right at the hit.

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Left Lane: Christine Chambless Runs 8.244/103.99, Now #3
Right Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.198/280.08, Now #1

Chambless is up in smoke and clicks it off.

Cummings launched hard and kept it hooked up to got the top. He runs his career quickest and fastest... Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.962 sec., 330ft-2.403, 660ft-3.479/231.99 mph, 1,000ft-4.402.

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Left Lane: Mick Steele Runs 5.412/272.67, Now #3
Right Lane: Aaron Cooper Runs 5.237/274.89, Now #2

Steele is straight down the groove with a good looking pass.

Cooper had it hitting on all eight all the way down the track with his career quickest and fastest pass to go the number two spot. Aaron Cooper's incremental times: 60ft-0.902 sec., 330ft-2.369, 660ft-3.481/225.11 mph, 1,000ft-4.427.

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Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.619/249.03, Now #5
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.282/277.26, Now #3

Stevens with a good pass...

Fricke was straight down the groove to go to the number three spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.961 sec., 330ft-2.458, 660ft-3.554/230.49 mph, 1,000ft-4.480.

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Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.817/201.25, Now #6
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 11.505/58.75, Now #11

Severance started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Hart was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

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Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 12.205/90.48, Now #12
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 25.517/20.83, Now #14

They both are up in smoke right at the hit.

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Left Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 16.345/71.02, Now #14
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.152/281.54, Now #1

Meyer is up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off.

Cowie launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight. He makes his quickest pass this season and career fastest pass. This is the third quickest Super Charged pass and the fastest pass. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.910 sec., 330ft-2.330, 660ft-3.419/227.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.356.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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