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Sat, 11 Oct 2025, 12:05 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Madison Payne                           1 Shawn Cowie                  
E1                   0.077  5.219 280.02     ****WINNER****  0.076  5.218 272.76
 Qualified:             #8  5.267 277.86                        #9  5.268 274.36

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent, barometer 30.04 inches, adjusted altitude 1,960 feet.
Shawn Cowie beat Madison Payne in Rd. 1 at Indy
Payne and Cowie have each won 2 times against the other in prior events.
Cowie with a tick advantage on the tree and the win in a close race. Shawn Cowie's MOV: 0.0016 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

They both run their quickest pass of the weekend in a great drag race.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                          7 Angelle Sampey               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.065  5.442 273.66                     0.042 11.393  63.75
 Qualified:             #6  5.244 275.68                       #11  5.296 271.08

This is the first time Severance and Sampey have faced each other in eliminations.
Joey Severance is 102 - 52 in Rd. 1 races. Sampey with the starting line advantage, but lost traction early and clicked it off.

Severance with a clean pass for the win


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7196 Melanie Johnson                         6 Matthew Cummings             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  5.231 271.08                     0.071 10.193  92.04
 Qualified:             #7  5.265 275.89                       #10  5.284 275.58

Matthew Cummings is 8 - 1 in Rd. 1 this year.
Cummings is 1 - 0 against Johnson in prior events.
Johnson with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Cummings is up in smoke and pedaled it one time and was back up in smoke and clicked it off.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  450 Kirk Wolf                               2 Julie Nataas                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.095  5.259 270.42                    -0.034  5.295 271.30
 Qualified:             #2  5.169 278.43                       #15  5.343 269.32

This (#2) is the best starting spot for Kirk Wolf. Julie Nataas has started in the bottom half of the field 12 times and won the race once.
Wolf and Nataas have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

Nataas goes red to give Wolf the win. He will give up lane choice to Johnson in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  530 Alan Bradshaw                        6871 McKenna Bold                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  5.198 279.75                     0.057  5.236 276.01
 Qualified:             #3  5.207 276.60                       #14  5.320 275.11

Alan Bradshaw's 1st race in TAD was here in 1993.
This is the first time Bradshaw and Bold have faced each other in eliminations.

Bradshaw with a great light and never trailed for the win. He runs his quickest pass this season and fastest pass of his career. He will have lane choice over Severance in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 2422 Jamie Noonan                           79 Shaunda Blinzler             
E1                   0.071  7.437 119.54     ****WINNER****  0.075  5.256 278.21
 Qualified:             #5  5.232 278.43                       #12  5.301 276.75

This is the first time Noonan and Blinzler have faced each other in eliminations.

Noonan with a slight starting line advantage, but was up in smoke around 330 feet and clicked it off. Blinzler kept it hooked up and makes her quickest pass this weekend and fastest of her career.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7848 Jon Bradford                          732 Chris Demke                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.155  5.183 279.35                    -0.012  5.419 266.37
 Qualified:             #4  5.214 278.36                       #13  5.301 273.62

Jon Bradford's 278.67 in qualifying was a career best.
This is the first time Bradford and Demke have faced each other in eliminations.

Demke goes red to give Bradford the win. Bradford launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make his career quickest and fastest pass for the win. He will have lane choice over Blinzler in the next round.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jackie Fricke                         417 Karl Brounkowski             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.087  5.269 270.47                    -0.016  5.327 268.85
 Qualified:             #1  5.166 283.14                       #16  5.370 264.47

This is Jackie Fricke's 3rd #1 spot this year, the most for her in a single season. Brounkowski goes red to give Fricke the win. Fricke with a good clean pass for the win. she will give up lane choice to Cowie in the next round.