Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 12:42 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, 26th annual MOPAR NHRA Las Vegas Nationals powered by Dodge 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: Joey Severance Runs 5.369/269.56, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.934/179.09, Was #18
Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 29.96 inches, adjusted altitude 2,851 feet.
Severance gets it to hook up and is straight down the groove to get in the show. He goes to the number 11 spot.
Left Lane: Braiden Chesleigh Runs 5.602/238.05, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.607/234.49, Was #17
Right Lane: Jennifer Wiens Runs 5.466/263.77, Now #15; Best prior run: 19.316/48.71, Was #21
chesleigh drops a cylinder or two around half track and never gets it to clean up. He will not get in the show.
Wiens is straight down the groove to get in the show.
Left Lane: Casey Grisel Runs 5.430/262.79, Now #14; Best prior run: 5.510/261.07, Was #17
Right Lane: Jerry Kumre Runs 11.739/102.17, Now #21; Best prior run: 12.458/96.74, Was #21
Grisel kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to get in the show.
Kumre was up in smoke by 200 feet and clicked it off.
Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 5.560/260.71, Now #16; Best prior run: 5.463/258.91, Was #15
Right Lane: Nick Spiegel Runs 5.434/267.32, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.823/194.02, Was #20
Sampey is straight down the groove, but didn't improve. She gets pushed back one spot when Spiegel gets in the show. She is now the bump spot.
Spiegel kept it hooked up to get in the show, he goes to the number 15 spot.
Left Lane: Kirk Wolf Runs 5.324/266.32, Now #10; Best prior run: 5.420/260.31, Was #13
Right Lane: Mitch Myers Runs 5.485/260.26, Now #18; Best prior run: 5.613/256.99, Was #20
Wolf kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight to move up the ladder three spots.
Myers with his quickest pass of the weekend, ut will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Nick Januik Runs 13.065/88.76, Now #13; Best prior run: 5.396/270.59, Was #13
Right Lane: Mike Austin Runs 12.125/62.32, Now #19; Best prior run: 5.498/261.02, Was #19
Januik lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.
Austin was up in smoke right at the hit and clicked it off, he will not get in the show.
Left Lane: Chris Demke Runs 5.280/273.05, Now #5; Best prior run: 5.318/272.45, Was #9
Right Lane: Shaunda Blinzler Runs 5.328/269.35, Now #11; Best prior run: 5.365/268.65, Was #11
Demke launched hard and kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move into the top half of the show.
Blinzler is straight down the groove and makes her quickest pass of the weekend. She will stay number 11.
Left Lane: Randy Eakins Runs 11.131/84.47, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.300/264.65, Was #7
Right Lane: Megan Smith Runs 11.012/77.15, Now #9; Best prior run: 5.305/265.90, Was #9
Eakins lost traction right at the hit and clicked it off.
Smith was up in smoke and clicked it off by 200 feet.
Left Lane: Jamie Noonan Runs 5.309/272.28, Now #6; Best prior run: 5.286/268.28, Was #6
Right Lane: Jackie Fricke Runs 5.296/262.03, Now #7; Best prior run: 5.303/271.13, Was #8
Noonan with another good clean pass, he will not improve, but has made three good passes.
Fricke kept it hooked and hitting on all eight to make her quickest pass of the weekend. She moves up the ladder one spot.
Left Lane: Richie Crampton Runs 8.653/97.95, Now #4; Best prior run: 5.276/270.92, Was #4
Right Lane: Shawn Cowie Runs 5.261/270.86, Now #3; Best prior run: 5.266/271.24, Was #3
Crampton started to shake and pedaled it. The car made a quick move toward the centerline before he clicked it off.
Cowie kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number three spot.
Left Lane: Melanie Johnson Runs 5.214/273.05, Now #1; Best prior run: 5.205/273.55, Was #1
Right Lane: Mitch Kalitta Runs 11.893/61.57, Now #2; Best prior run: 5.225/268.81, Was #2
Johnson launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the session. She will qualify number one for the first time in her career.
Kalitta lost traction early and clicked it off.
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