Fri, 31 Oct 2025, 22:01 PM

Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #2
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By Rick Green

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LAS VEGAS -
Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series,
25th annual Dodge NHRA Nevada Nationals powered by Direct Connection 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: Cheyne Phillips Runs 5.290/273.27, Now #6; Best prior run: 17.140/58.70, Was
#20
Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer
29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 3,499 feet.
Phillips launched hard and kept it hooked up to
go to the number six spot. Cheyne Phillips' incremental times: 60ft-0.929 sec., 330ft-2.419,
660ft-3.533/224.88 mph, 1,000ft-4.475.
Left Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 5.622/256.36, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.814/237.13, Was #20
Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.276/270.70, Now #5; No Prior Run
Myers improves, but not enough to get in the show.
Wolf kept it hooked up to go to
the number five spot. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.958 sec., 330ft-2.427,
660ft-3.522/228.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.458.
Left Lane: Jerry Kumre Runs 6.193/217.21, Now #22; Best prior run: 5.697/201.82, Was #21
Right Lane: Braiden Chesleigh Runs 5.642/243.72, Now #21; No Prior Run
Kumre was mixing up cylinders from half track on and will not improve.
Chesleigh
is straight down the groove, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Kelly Kundratic Runs 5.556/266.42, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.491/266.37, Was
#17
Right Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 5.548/235.31, Now #18; No Prior Run
Kundratic with a clean pass, but will not improve and will not get in the
show.
Eakins is straight down the groove, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: McKenna Bold Runs 5.368/265.48, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.430/265.69, Was
#14
Right Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.528/254.76, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.592/259.51, Was
#20
Bold kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove with her quickest pass, but will
stay in the number 14 spot.
Stevens with his quickest pass today, but will not get in the
show.
Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.404/268.22, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.354/269.03, Was
#12
Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.574/257.24, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.581/252.71, Was
#20
Sampey is straight down the groove, but will not improve.
Ahten with his quickest
pass of the day, but he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Mike Austin Runs 5.365/270.32, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.350/270.27, Was #11
Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.443/266.32, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.487/263.87, Was
#16
Austin with another good pass, but will not improve.
Grisel is straight down the
groove with his quickest pass today to get off the bubble.
Left Lane: Taylor Januik Runs 5.366/238.01, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.344/269.13, Was
#10
Right Lane: Shaunda Blinzler No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.463/270.32, Was #16
Januik with another good pass, but will not improve.
Blinzler didn't make a pass
and stays on the bump spot.
Left Lane: Julio Rodriguez Runs 5.644/242.36, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.322/266.69, Was
#9
Right Lane: Anthony Troyer Runs 13.371/48.79, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.368/270.16, Was
#13
Rodriguez starts to lose traction and pedals it, he is out of the groove. He stayed with
it, but will not improve.
Troyer lost traction early and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.227/280.14, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.289/271.02, Was
#6
Right Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.309/269.56, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.301/272.28, Was
#8
Severance launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. He runs
his fastest pass of the season. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.905 sec., 330ft-2.349,
660ft-3.463/218.72 mph, 1,000ft-4.414.
Johnson kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight,
but will not improve.
Left Lane: Shawn Cowie No Time, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.250/271.41, Was #4
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.223/273.55, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.258/276.92, Was #5
Cowie with problems and is shut off after the burnout.
Fricke launched hard and
kept it hooked up to go to the number three spot. Jackie Fricke's incremental times: 60ft-0.926
sec., 330ft-2.397, 660ft-3.488/229.51 mph, 1,000ft-4.414.
Left Lane: Jon Bradford Runs 5.223/280.37, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.220/271.41, Was #1
Right Lane: Madison Payne Runs 5.250/276.41, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.222/277.32, Was #2
Bradford launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to make another
good looking pass, quickest of the session. He holds on to the number one spot. Jon Bradford's
incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.324, 660ft-3.447/216.86 mph, 1,000ft-4.406.
Payne is straight down the groove with another good looking pass, she will not improve. Madison
Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.934 sec., 330ft-2.407, 660ft-3.501/227.96 mph,
1,000ft-4.441.
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