Fri, 27 Oct 2023, 15:17 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1 |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:
Left Lane: Krista Baldwin No Time, Now #2
Right Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 5.656/241.71, Now #1
Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,069 feet.
Baldwin appeared to roll the beam and then just idled down the track, she will not get a time.
Eakins clicks it off early.
Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.767/187.99, Now #2
Right Lane: Trevor Larkin Runs 5.800/248.57, Now #3
Angelle starts to drift out of the groove and reels it in, but clicks it off early.
Larkin clicked it off early.
Left Lane: Eric Chesleigh Runs 5.761/235.10, Now #3
Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.303/270.27, Now #1
Chesleigh is dropping cylinders on the left side early. He stays with it.
Wolf is straight down the groove with a good pass.
Left Lane: Ron Anderson Runs 5.414/266.69, Now #2
Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 6.632/171.25, Now #7
Anderson with a good clean pass.
Grisel is dropping cylinders right at the hit and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 5.518/265.43, Now #3
Right Lane: James Stevens Runs 7.529/144.74, Now #9
Myers has a hole or two out, but gets it to clean up.
Stevens makes a quick move toward the centerline and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Bob Button Runs 5.739/257.24, Now #6
Right Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.435/269.08, Now #3
Button started to shake and pedaled it.
Demke with a clean pass to go to the number three spot.
Left Lane: Kim Parker Runs 5.271/270.48, Now #1
Right Lane: Hunter Green Runs 5.282/269.29, Now #2
This is a good side-by-side drag race.
Parker launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Kim Parker's incremental times: 60ft-0.950 sec., 330ft-2.419, 660ft-3.508/228.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.449.
Green is right there with her to go to the number two spot. Hunter Green's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.416, 660ft-3.520/226.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.461.
Left Lane: Taylor Vetter Runs 5.354/272.67, Now #5
Right Lane: Madison Payne Runs 5.293/275.00, Now #3
Vetter is straight down the groove with a good pass to go to the number five spot.
Payne kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number three spot. Madison Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.435, 660ft-3.539/225.94 mph, 1,000ft-4.481.
Left Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 5.350/266.90, Now #5
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 12.167/61.54, Now #17
Coughlin is straight down the groove with a clean pass to start the weekend.
Severance is up in smoke right at the hit and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.309/268.17, Now #6
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.223/276.46, Now #1
Fricke with a good, clean pass straight down the groove.
Cowie launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to go to the number one spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.343, 660ft-3.455/223.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.410.
Left Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 5.321/273.55, Now #7
Right Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.407/254.95, Now #10
Stewart with a good pass, straight down the groove to get in the top half of the show.
Nataas with a clean pass.
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