Fri, 11 Oct 2024, 14:22 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Dave Rowe |
ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 39th annual 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: Aaron Cooper Runs 5.410/275.33, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.275/276.16, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.351/155.13, Was #18
12:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 30.15 inches, adjusted altitude 2,389 feet.
Cooper makes a clean, straight pass but he is a little off of the pace. Severance goes down the groove with a good pass to get in the show in the sixth spot for now.
Left Lane: Julie Nataas Runs 15.901/49.57, Now #20; Best prior run: 18.771/42.81, Was #20
Right Lane: Megan Smith Runs 5.927/223.21, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.795/250.54, Was #19
Nataas went up in smoke at the hit on her first attempt yesterday. A repeat of yesterday, up in smoke again and she is off of the throttle early. Smith has problems and is off of the throttle early.
Left Lane: Greg Hunter Runs 12.056/90.86, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.386/266.71, Was #16
Right Lane: Terry Schmidt Runs 6.408/150.57, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.497/253.54, Was #18
Hunter hits the throttle and goes up in smoke. Schmidt leaves the line and makes a move toward the wall. He has to pedal, steers the dragster back to the center of the track, then gives up on the run early.
Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.286/273.91, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.369/268.96, Was #14
Right Lane: Prescott Dean Runs 5.292/275.87, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.374/271.79, Was #15
Grisel goes down the groove with a decent pass and moves up to the 11th spot. DSean improves and moves up to the 12th spot.
Left Lane: Madison Payne Runs 6.197/162.31, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.316/276.48, Was #15
Right Lane: Nick Januik Runs 5.323/253.88, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.305/276.67, Was #13
Payne gets about 600 feet out and is off of the throttle, not sure why. Januik slows from his earlier attempt.
Left Lane: Hunter Green Runs 5.319/277.28, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.310/274.56, Was #14
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.243/278.91, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.285/276.55, Was #9
Green makes another good pass but he doesn't improve. Cowie goes down the groove with his quickest pass so far and ties Fricke. Fricke stays number one with the faster speed.
Left Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 8.431/90.78, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.285/274.96, Was #10
Right Lane: Mike Coughlin Runs 5.216/272.28, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.276/272.98, Was #8
Blinzler has problems and is off of the throttle early. Coughlin goes down the groove with an impressive run to take the top spot for now.
Mike Coughlin's incremental times: 60ft-0.931 sec., 330ft-2.381, 660ft-3.472/229.35 mph, 1,000ft-4.405.
Left Lane: Joe Maynard Runs 5.268/275.35, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.277/271.56, Was #9
Right Lane: Matthew Cummings Runs 5.258/277.83, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.275/276.26, Was #7
Maynard improves and moves up a spot to eighth. Cummings improves and moves up to the fifth spot.
Joe Maynard's incremental times: 60ft-0.946 sec., 330ft-2.419, 660ft-3.516/228.00 mph, 1,000ft-4.455.
Matthew Cummings' incremental times: 60ft-0.954 sec., 330ft-2.432, 660ft-3.523/229.44 mph, 1,000ft-4.455.
Left Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 5.239/278.48, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.264/274.56, Was #7
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.281/274.61, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.262/278.55, Was #6
A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good runs. Stalba improves and moves up to the second spot. Sampey slows but stills makes a decent pass.
Left Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.254/279.64, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.243/279.07, Was #3
Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.256/274.71, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.252/275.68, Was #5
Another good side-by-side, these two were glued together all the way through the run. Fricke makes another good pass but doens't improve. Wolf makes another clean run but doesn't improve.
Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.948 sec., 330ft-2.425, 660ft-3.524/228.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.454.
Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.965 sec., 330ft-2.434, 660ft-3.519/230.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.448.
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