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Sat, 17 Oct 2020, 13:05 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Rick Green



ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 2 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Spencer Massey Runs 17.177/73.54, Now #15; Best prior run: 17.800/72.19, Was #15
Right Lane: Megan Meyer Runs 5.177/278.86, Now #2; Best prior run: 16.345/71.02, Was #14

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

Meyer launched hard and was straight down the groove with a great pass to go to the number two spot. Megan Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec., 330ft-2.387, 660ft-3.468/232.39 mph, 1,000ft-4.385.

Left Lane: Karl Brounkowski Runs 5.376/257.68, Now #7; Best prior run: 11.485/74.30, Was #12
Right Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.251/278.69, Now #5; Best prior run: 12.205/90.48, Was #14

Brounkowski is straight down the groove with a good clean pass to move up to the number seven spot. Karl Brounkowski's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.405, 660ft-3.538/219.12 mph, 1,000ft-4.519.

Shields gets it to hook up and goes to the number five spot.Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.431, 660ft-3.520/230.02 mph, 1,000ft-4.451.

Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.249/275.22, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.282/277.26, Was #6
Right Lane: Buddy Domingue Runs 5.406/270.92, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.304/161.34, Was #13

Fricke another good looking pass to improve on her qualifying pass from last night. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.436, 660ft-3.527/231.44 mph, 1,000ft-4.448.

Domingue gets the Goodyears to stick and he makes a good pass.

Left Lane: Aaron Cooper Runs 5.250/274.27, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.237/274.89, Was #4
Right Lane: Christine Chambless No Time, Now #13; Best prior run: 8.244/103.99, Was #13

Cooper with another great looking pass, he will not improve on his career best pass from last night. Aaron Cooper's incremental times: 60ft-0.910 sec., 330ft-2.387, 660ft-3.496/225.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.439.

Chambless can't get the car to fire...

Left Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.150/279.67, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.198/280.08, Was #3
Right Lane: David Sheetz Runs 5.346/274.61, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.233/196.04, Was #12

Cummings launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. This is his career quickest pass...Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.938 sec., 330ft-2.379, 660ft-3.444/234.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.358.

Sheetz gets it to hook up and goes to the number seven spot.

Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.223/278.81, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.152/281.54, Was #2
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.749/187.36, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.817/201.25, Was #12

Cowie with another good looking pass, but will not improve. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec., 330ft-2.372, 660ft-3.474/224.92 mph, 1,000ft-4.419

Severance was out ahead of Cowie until the car pitched the blower belt and he coast on down the track.

Right Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.297/274.89, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.619/249.03, Was #11

Stevens kept it hooked up and he runs his quickest and fastest pass of the season to go to the number seven spot. James Stevens' incremental times: 60ft-0.911 sec., 330ft-2.378, 660ft-3.510/218.62 mph, 1,000ft-4.480.

Left Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.228/278.00, Now #5; Best prior run: 11.505/58.75, Was #14
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.177/280.60, Now #3; Best prior run: 25.517/20.83, Was #16

This is the Gainesville final...

Hart gets it to hook up and goes to the number five spot with a nice pass. Josh Hart's incremental times: 60ft-0.921 sec., 330ft-2.391, 660ft-3.492/227.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.426.

Nataas launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.922 sec., 330ft-2.377, 660ft-3.463/231.08 mph, 1,000ft-4.384.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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