Saturday Updates from Houston Regional

They had a few sprinkles this morning slow them down. Top Alcohol is about to head for lanes.

 

Top Dragster q2 order

 

TD ladder

Top Dragster ladder

 

Tad q2

L Randy Meyer 5.677/256.75
R Brandon Pierce smoke

A to B for Meyer but I'm sure he was looking for more. Pierce up in smoke at hit again. Bumps Martinets.

 

Tad q2

L Buddy Domingue smoke

Buddy's car just about jumped off the ground with instant smoke. He gives it another go but went up in smoke again.

 

Tad q2

L Karl Brounkowski 5.928/238.13
R Darvin Martinets 5.998/212.03

Brounkowski very lazy all the way down the track. Martinets on a clean looking pass early but slows down track. Both drivers will make the show.

 

Tad q2

L Michael Manners 5.483/263.26
R Forrest Fair 5.490/260.21

Clean a to b run for Manners. Fair left hard but had to pedal through Shake and gets in the field. Martinez is on the bump with Copeland the last car that can bump in.

 

Tad q2

R Chase Copeland 5.648/264.08

Copeland rattles the tires hard about 100' out but is able to pedal through it and gets in the field, bumping Martinets out.

 

Tad q2

L Mike Strasburg 10.39
R Duane Shields 5.388/272.01

Strasburg shakes hard way out, probably 200'. Shields nice a to b run.

 

Tafc q2

L Annie Whiteley 5.817/249.67

Nice .944 60' but it sounded like she had to shift it way early, sliding through clutch down track. Gets her off bump.

 

Tafc q2

L Ulf Leanders 5.782/255.53
R Shane Westerfield 5.717/257

Pedaling and drivin! Westerfield with a pedal early then went a to b. Leander's pedaled at least 3 times hiking the wheels close to 6" the last pedal about 500' out.

 

Tafc q2

L Ro Yale 7.982
R Jonnie Lindberg 5.652/260.06

Ro makes a hard ,move towards centerline, gathers it in but did not make the field. Big shake for Lindberg but he recovers to go to the top for now.

 

Tafc q2

L Kris Hool 5.792/250.83
R John Lombardo 5.735/257.83

Hool lazy off the line but makes it down. Lombardo launches hard then big shake and a pedal.

 

Tafc q2

L Jay Payne 5.612/256.60
R Mark Billington 5.737/249.30

Good clean runs by both. Billington msy have some ignition issues, looked to be misfiring going down track. Payne is no. 1

 

TAD q order

Tad final qualifying

 

TAFC q order

TAFC final qualifying order

 

Td e2

Top Dragster E2 ladder

 

Tad e1

L Meyer 7.89
R Shields 5.380/272.50

Meyer grabs a big holeshot but goes up in smoke. Shields stays consistent and moves on.

 

Tad e1

L Copeland 5.489/261.02
R D Brounkowski 5.364/258.02 win

Brounkowski takes half a tenth at the tree and never looks back. Brounkowski looked to get the head gasket about 1100'

 

Tad e1

L K Brounkowski 5.644/245.27
R Strasburg 5.395/270.59 w

Both drivers leave close together but Strasburg in the Ynot entry drives away to take win. Karl Brounkowski makes his best run of the weekend in a losing effort.