Sat, 28 Oct 2023, 14:47 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Final Session |
By Rick Green |
LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 3 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 this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:
Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.310/272.61, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.632/171.25, Was #22
Right Lane: Krista Baldwin Runs 5.343/270.97, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.151/172.65, Was #20
Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.91 inches, adjusted altitude 3,078 feet.
Grisel kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to get in the show. Casey Grisel's incremental times: 60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.417, 660ft-3.537/223.25 mph, 1,000ft-4.490.
Baldwin is straight down the groove to get in the show.
Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.342/267.75, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.276/158.19, Was #22
Right Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 16.538/40.94, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.518/265.43, Was #19
Stevens is straight down the groove to get in the show.
Myers is up in smoke early and clicks it off.
Left Lane: Trevor Larkin Runs 5.934/247.43, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.800/248.57, Was #22
Right Lane: Eric Chesleigh Runs 5.326/271.41, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.484/260.76, Was #19
Larkin labors down the track and he will not get in the show.
Chesleigh kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to get in the show.
Left Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 5.626/243.63, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.572/245.94, Was #21
Right Lane: Bob Button Runs 5.448/257.68, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.437/259.46, Was #19
Eakins is dropping cylinders early, but stays with it. He will not get in the show.
Button with a clean pass, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.262/273.77, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.407/254.95, Was #18
Right Lane: Ron Anderson Runs 5.322/269.03, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.351/268.97, Was #17
Nataas launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the from the outside to the number three spot. Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.928 sec., 330ft-2.405, 660ft-3.509/226.77 mph, 1,000ft-4.448.
Anderson with a good clean pass, his quickest of the weekend to get in the show.
Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.363/267.96, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.337/272.34, Was #15
Right Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 5.328/253.75, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.350/266.90, Was #18
Demke with a clean pass, but will not improve and stays in the number 16 spot.
Coughlin is straight down the groove with his quickest pass this weekend. He gets into the show at the number 15 spot.
Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.284/273.88, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.303/270.27, Was #9
Right Lane: Taylor Vetter Runs 12.188/60.44, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.321/273.11, Was #12
Wolf kept hooked up and hitting on all eight to move into the top half of the show. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.963 sec., 330ft-2.441, 660ft-3.535/228.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.471.
Vetter lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.296/270.48, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.287/270.64, Was #8
Right Lane: Tony Stewart Runs 5.521/266.74, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.321/273.55, Was #11
Severance is straight down the groove with another good looking pass. He will not improve...Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.363, 660ft-3.495/218.97 mph, 1,000ft-4.467.
Stewart will not improve...
Left Lane: Hunter Green Runs 18.268/38.47, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.282/269.29, Was #6
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.190/273.22, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.297/266.74, Was #9
Green is up in smoke right at the hit.
Sampey launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up all the way down the 1320. Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.356, 660ft-3.442/229.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.377. She goes to the number one spot.
Left Lane: Madison Payne Runs 5.274/272.06, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.240/272.12, Was #3
Right Lane: Kim Parker Runs 5.269/267.59, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.271/270.48, Was #6
Payne with another good looking pass, straight down the groove. she will not improve and stays in the number three spot. Madison Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.935 sec., 330ft-2.403, 660ft-3.508/225.63 mph, 1,000ft-4.455.
Parker with her quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number six spot. Kim Parker's incremental times: 60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.390, 660ft-3.490/225.90 mph, 1,000ft-4.439.
Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.220/274.55, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.223/276.46, Was #2
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 10.830/69.55, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.268/268.28, Was #5
Cowie with another great pass, his quickest of the weekend, but stays in the number two spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.915 sec., 330ft-2.330, 660ft-3.443/221.85 mph, 1,000ft-4.402.
Fricke is up in smoke early and clicks it off.
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