Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 19:36 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Jamie Noonan                           24 Megan Smith                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.068  5.342 277.67                     0.037  6.153 204.07
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Dreher    ) 0.040  5.258 278.69      (K Wolf      ) 0.069  5.476 279.33
 Qualified:             #3  5.204 277.71                        #6  5.226 280.36

Weather conditions: air temperature 64 degrees, relative humidity 46 percent, barometer 30.37 inches, adjusted altitude 727 feet.

Noonan is 2 - 0 against Smith in prior events.

Smith with the starting line advantage, but lost traction and clicked it off.

Noonan kept it hooked up for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Shawn Cowie                          703Y Shaunda Blinzler             
E2   ****WINNER****  0.129  5.154 279.90                     0.112  5.192 279.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Brounkowsk) 0.117  5.329 277.92      (M Coughlin  ) 0.081  5.200 280.02
 Qualified:             #1  5.158 280.32                        #8  5.240 271.15

Cowie is 3 - 0 against Blinzler in prior events.

Blinzler with the starting line advantage, but Cowie chased her down by half track and never trailed from there on for the win. Shawn Cowie's MOV: 0.0210 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Cowie with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  342 Mitch Kalitta                        5807 Nick Spiegel                 
E2                   0.018 10.859  70.29     ****WINNER****  0.027  5.177 278.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Demke     ) 0.161  5.288 266.24      (A Sampey    ) 0.088  5.199 278.29
 Qualified:            #12  5.294 272.99                        #4  5.210 277.76

Kalitta with the starting line advantage, but is up in smoke early and clicks it off.

Spiegel launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his career quickest and fastest pass for the win. Nick Spiegel's incremental times: 60ft-0.892 sec., 330ft-2.308, 660ft-3.416/223.14 mph, 1,000ft-4.369.

He will give up lane choice to Cowie in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  530 Alan Bradshaw                           3 Jackie Fricke                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  5.186 278.69                     0.036  5.222 274.76
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Johnson   ) 0.048  5.167 277.85      (J Severance ) 0.047  5.264 281.07
 Qualified:            #10  5.275 274.21                        #2  5.168 274.16

Bradshaw is 3 - 1 against Fricke in prior events.

Fricke with the starting line advantage, but Bradshaw had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Noonan in the semifinal.