Fri, 14 May 2021, 18:51 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from final, round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NGK NTK NHRA Four-Wide 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:

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Lane 1: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 5.334/269.24, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.499/168.30, Was #12
Lane 2: Jasmine Salinas Runs 10.437/77.47, Now #13; Best prior run: 16.954/62.40, Was #14
Lane 3: Corey Michalek Runs 5.317/268.22, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.418/267.37, Was #9

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 1,300 feet.

Fox Jr. was straight down the groove with a nice pass. Tom Fox Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-0.913 sec., 330ft-2.367, 660ft-3.516/216.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.499.

Salinas clicked it off early.

Michalek with a good pass to move into the top half of the show. Corey Michalek's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.435, 660ft-3.545/225.15 mph, 1,000ft-4.491.

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Lane 1: Megan Smith Runs 5.670/256.89, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.696/259.91, Was #12
Lane 2: Dan Dietrich Runs 5.341/267.69, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.525/252.28, Was #11
Lane 3: Joey Severance Runs 5.371/268.33, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.342/263.20, Was #9
Lane 4: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.276/271.57, Now #6; Best prior run: 34.220/60.24, Was #15

Smith runs her quickest pass today.

Dietrich is straight down the groove with a nice pass. Dan Dietrich's incremental times: 60ft-0.895 sec., 330ft-2.370, 660ft-3.522/215.79 mph, 1,000ft-4.505.

Severance with a good pass, but will not improve.

Cummings is straight down the groove with the quickest pass of this quad. Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.435, 660ft-3.531/228.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.463.

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Lane 1: Mick Steele Runs 5.234/279.27, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.279/272.78, Was #7
Lane 2: James Stevens Runs 8.288/116.14, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.366/269.46, Was #12
Lane 3: Duane Shields Runs 5.274/281.30, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.254/278.81, Was #5
Lane 4: Will Smith Runs 5.556/249.07, Now #13; Best prior run: 16.651/54.81, Was #15

Steele with another good looking pass to move up the ladder a couple spots. Mick Steele's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.409, 660ft-3.504/229.20 mph, 1,000ft-4.434.

Stevens started to lose traction and clicked it off.

Shields with a real nice pass, but will not improve. Duane Shields' incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.429, 660ft-3.535/226.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.471.

Smith makes a clean pass. Will Smith's incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.480, 660ft-3.648/213.06 mph, 1,000ft-4.666.

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Lane 1: Julie Nataas Runs 5.155/273.72, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.190/278.63, Was #2
Lane 2: Rachel Meyer Runs 5.230/279.21, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.184/281.13, Was #1
Lane 3: Robin Samsel Runs 5.269/276.86, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.233/275.17, Was #4
Lane 4: Karen Stalba Runs 5.187/280.14, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.207/279.38, Was #3

Nataas launched hard ande kept it hooked up to improve on her number one qualifying E.T. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.900 sec., 330ft-2.345, 660ft-3.429/232.07 mph, 1,000ft-4.349.

Meyer with another good pass, but will not improve. Rachel Meyer's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.414, 660ft-3.509/229.90 mph, 1,000ft-4.434.

Samsel with a nice pass, but will not improve. Robin Samsel's incremental times: 60ft-0.959 sec., 330ft-2.439, 660ft-3.533/228.58 mph, 1,000ft-4.464.

Stalba was straight down the groove to make a great pass. Karen Stalba's incremental times: 60ft-0.909 sec., 330ft-2.362, 660ft-3.461/227.96 mph, 1,000ft-4.390.

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