Fri, 08 Mar 2024, 13:22 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Dave Rowe |
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals 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: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.295/276.24, Now #5; No Prior Run
12:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 30.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,164 feet.
Wolf goes down the groove with a good pass to get in the field in the fifth spot, for now.
Left Lane: Brad McBride Runs 5.516/233.03, Now #12; Best prior run: 17.659/47.45, Was #18
Right Lane: Sarah Allen No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 32.924/30.38, Was #19
McBride was on a decent pass but he lost a cylinder or two late in the run. Allen had traction problems at the hit, backed off of the throttle, then came to a stop about 1100 feet down.
Left Lane: Jeff Veale Runs 5.477/271.08, Now #12; Best prior run: 12.081/72.03, Was #18
Right Lane: Taylor Vetter Runs 12.204/85.02, Now #17; Best prior run: 9.741/101.06, Was #16
Veale makes a full pass this time and gets in the show in the 12th spot for now. Vetter struck the tires at the hit and gave up on the run quickly.
Left Lane: Dan Dietrich Runs 9.035/100.18, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.468/264.96, Was #11
Right Lane: Phil Burkart Runs 5.459/254.95, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.914/178.45, Was #15
Burkart went down the groove with a good pass, improved and moved up to the 11th spot for now. Dietrich had problems and was off of the throttle early.
Left Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.353/269.89, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.366/267.85, Was #7
Right Lane: Megan Smith Runs 5.748/264.44, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.535/272.61, Was #15
Stevens makes another good pass and improves a little but not enough to move up in the order. Smith had a cylinder out all the way through the run.
Left Lane: Jeff Chatterson Runs 5.412/267.91, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.351/265.53, Was #6
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.333/249.49, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.394/272.83, Was #10
A good side-by-side, both down the groove with clean, straight passes. Sampey improves and moves up to the sixth spot. Chatterson doesn't improve and drops a spot as Sampey goes around him.
Jeff Chatterson's incremental times: 60ft-0.970 sec., 330ft-2.485, 660ft-3.619/220.22 mph, 1,000ft-4.582.
Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-0.971 sec., 330ft-2.455, 660ft-3.559/227.61 mph, 1,000ft-4.491.
Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.299/271.02, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.283/277.72, Was #4
Right Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.316/257.92, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.385/265.38, Was #10
Fricke goes down the groove with another good pass but she doesn't improve. Stalba was in front for the first part of the run but started falling back about 1000 feet out. She improves and moves up to the sixth spot for now.
Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.953 sec., 330ft-2.442, 660ft-3.537/227.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.478.
Karen Stalba's incremental times: 60ft-0.937 sec., 330ft-2.417, 660ft-3.535/225.33 mph, 1,000ft-4.476.
Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 5.291/268.71, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.263/263.51, Was #2
Right Lane: Todd Bruce Runs 5.318/273.66, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.373/271.35, Was #10
Another good side-by-side, both down the groove with good passes. Nataas doesn't improve but makes the quickest pass of the round so far. Bruce improves and moves up to the seventh spot.
Julie Nataas' incremental times: 60ft-0.964 sec., 330ft-2.437, 660ft-3.535/227.57 mph, 1,000ft-4.470.
Todd Bruce's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.441, 660ft-3.561/224.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.505.
Left Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 6.271/183.52, Now #16; Best prior run: 11.277/72.85, Was #18
Right Lane: Joe Maynard Runs 5.226/274.11, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.228/271.02, Was #1
Coughlin has to pedal right off of the line, gets about 1000 feet out and backs off of the throttle. Maynard makes an impressive pass and improves on his top qualifying time.
Joe Maynard's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.402, 660ft-3.486/229.98 mph, 1,000ft-4.416.
Left Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.220/274.27, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.981/127.67, Was #17
Right Lane: Hunter Green Runs 8.944/77.50, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.270/272.23, Was #3
Cummings goes down the groove with an impressive pass and he moves up to the top of the order. Green has problems at the hit and pedals. He pulls the front wheels when he gets back on the throttle and gives up on the run.
Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.399, 660ft-3.486/229.90 mph, 1,000ft-4.414.
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