Sat, 07 Nov 2026, 14:08 PM Top Alcohol Dragster Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 5807 Nick Spiegel                           10 Melanie Johnson              
E1                   0.050  5.287 274.39     ****WINNER****  0.041  5.210 274.72
 Qualified:             #5  5.265 272.94                        #4  5.234 271.62

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 30.12 inches, adjusted altitude 3,139 feet.

Johnson with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She makes her quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Spiegel with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  450 Kirk Wolf                               3 Jackie Fricke                
E1                   0.064  5.299 269.46     ****WINNER****  0.056  5.237 271.08
 Qualified:             #6  5.273 267.96                        #3  5.221 269.24

Fricke with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. She kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the win.

Wolf with a good clean pass in the losing effort.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7402 Randy Eakins                         703Y Shaunda Blinzler             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  5.226 266.90                     0.021 10.558  76.23
 Qualified:             #7  5.282 262.13                        #2  5.217 274.66

Blinzler with a great light, but shook right at the hit and clicked it off.

Eakins launched hard and kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the win. He makes his career quickest pass for the win. He will have lane choice over Fricke in the semifinal.

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  613 Joey Severance                          1 Shawn Cowie                  
E1                   0.044  5.637 212.23     ****WINNER****  0.064  5.223 277.20
 Qualified:             #8  5.332 270.70                        #1  5.192 274.94

Severance with the starting line advantage, but started to rattle the tires and clicked it off early.

Severance kept it hooked up and hitting on all eight for the win. He will give up lane choice to Johnson in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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