Sat, 01 Nov 2025, 13:42 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 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: Jerry Kumre Runs 11.368/98.16, Now #23; Best prior run: 5.697/201.82, Was #23
Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 30.09 inches, adjusted altitude 3,007 feet.
Kumre is up in smoke and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 5.434/262.59, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.622/256.36, Was #21
Right Lane: Braiden Chesleigh Runs 5.531/243.99, Now #20; Best prior run: 5.642/243.72, Was #22
Myers kept it hooked an was straight down the groove to get in the show.
Chesleigh with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Kelly Kundratic Runs 5.409/266.06, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.491/266.37, Was #18
Right Lane: Johnny Ahten Runs 5.348/261.88, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.574/257.24, Was #22
Kundratic was straight down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend to get in the show.
Ahten launched hard and kept it hooked up to get in the show.
Left Lane: McKenna Bold Runs 5.303/271.90, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.368/265.48, Was #15
Right Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 5.401/255.92, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.548/235.31, Was #22
Bold kept it hooked up and was straight down the groove to move up to the number nine spot.
Eakins with a good pass early and was dropping cylinders in the lights, but still gets in the show.
Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.297/272.94, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.354/269.03, Was #14
Right Lane: James Stevens Runs 5.404/263.41, Now #17; Best prior run: 5.528/254.76, Was #21
Sampey launched hard and had it hitting on all eight to move into the top half of the show. Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-0.956 sec., 330ft-2.442, 660ft-3.542/227.38 mph, 1,000ft-4.481.
Stevens is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Mike Austin Runs 5.337/271.30, Now #12; Best prior run: 5.350/270.27, Was #14
Right Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 5.360/271.41, Now #15; Best prior run: 5.463/270.32, Was #21
Austin kept the candles lit and hooked up to move up the ladder a couple spots.
Blinzler is straight down the groove and gets in the show.
Left Lane: Taylor Januik Runs 5.344/269.19, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.344/269.13, Was #13
Right Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.471/265.22, Now #21; Best prior run: 5.443/266.32, Was #21
Januik is straight down the groove to matches her quickest pass of the weekend.
Grisel with a clean pass, but will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Julio Rodriguez Runs 5.287/271.35, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.322/266.69, Was #11
Right Lane: Anthony Troyer Runs 5.295/267.22, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.368/270.16, Was #16
Rodriguez started to drift out of the groove over by the centerline. He stayed with it to make his career quickest and fastest pass to go to the number seven spot. Julio Rodriguez's incremental times: 60ft-0.939 sec., 330ft-2.419, 660ft-3.523/225.94 mph, 1,000ft-4.467.
Troyer kept it hooked up and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to go to the number nine spot.
Left Lane: Cheyne Phillips Runs 5.221/274.27, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.290/273.27, Was #8
Right Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.256/271.46, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.301/272.28, Was #11
Phillips started to drift out of the groove, over by the wall. He stayed with it to make his career quickest and fastest pass to go to the number two spot. Cheyne Phillips' incremental times: 60ft-0.914 sec., 330ft-2.375, 660ft-3.474/227.34 mph, 1,000ft-4.410.
Johnson launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight to go to the number seven spot. Melanie Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-0.944 sec., 330ft-2.417, 660ft-3.509/228.50 mph, 1,000ft-4.442.
Left Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.248/273.05, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.250/271.41, Was #6
Right Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.268/268.92, Now #8; Best prior run: 5.276/270.70, Was #8
Cowie is straight down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number six spot. Shawn Cowie's incremental times: 60ft-0.923 sec., 330ft-2.346, 660ft-3.463/221.31 mph, 1,000ft-4.425.
Wolf with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number eight spot. Kirk Wolf's incremental times: 60ft-0.945 sec., 330ft-2.412, 660ft-3.507/228.23 mph, 1,000ft-4.444.
Left Lane: Joey Severance Runs 5.208/274.89, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.227/280.14, Was #5
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 8.710/96.67, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.223/273.55, Was #4
Severance launched hard and kept it hooked up to go to the number one spot. Joey Severance's incremental times: 60ft-0.893 sec., 330ft-2.329, 660ft-3.436/225.67 mph, 1,000ft-4.391.
Fricke rattled the tires early and clicked it off.
Right Lane: Madison Payne Runs 5.181/276.41, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.222/277.32, Was #4
Payne launched hard and kept it hitting on all eight and hooked up to go to the number one spot. This is her fifth number one spot. Madison Payne's incremental times: 60ft-0.930 sec., 330ft-2.373, 660ft-3.450/230.65 mph, 1,000ft-4.377.
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