Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 15:32 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 3 Eliminations

By Reporter

BRAINERD, Minn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 44th annual NHRA Brainerd Nationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Melanie Johnson                       491 Angelle Sampey               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.068  5.319 269.89                    -0.107  5.387 265.85
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bruce     ) 0.056  5.305 267.69      (J Haley     ) 0.057  5.346 271.19
E1    (J Lamb      ) 0.068  5.265 272.23      (N Spiegel   ) 0.031  5.409 269.73
 Qualified:             #3  5.193 274.50                       #10  5.340 267.43

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 30.03 inches, adjusted altitude 2,696 feet.

Sampey is 1 - 0 against Johnson in prior events.

Sampey goes red to give Johnson the win. Johnson is straight down the groove with a good clean pass. She is advancing to her first final round.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Anthony Troyer                        613 Joey Severance               
E3   ****WINNER****  0.081  5.226 273.00                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Kalitta   ) 0.061  5.166 275.06      (A Bradshaw  ) 0.031  5.226 278.35
E1    (M Quayle    ) 0.079  5.564 265.27      (M Cummings  ) 0.035  5.224 274.22
 Qualified:             #4  5.198 277.26                        #8  5.276 273.94

Troyer is 1 - 0 against Severance in prior events.

Severance can't get the car to fire, and Troyer will get the single. He is advancing to his fifth National event final. He will have lane choice over Johnson in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink