NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Sunday from No Problem Raceway - Final Qualifying

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES - SOUTH CENTRAL DIVISION
NO PROBLEM RACEWAY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2003
 
 
        BELLE ROSE, La. - Qualifying continued Sunday morning for the Top Alcohol Dragster class for the O'Reilly Cajun Challenge at No Problem Raceway. With rain canceling most of qualifying on Friday and Saturday, the dragsters got one final shot at the track prior to Sunday afternoon eliminations.
    John Haley held on to the number one spot with a 5.457 second pass at 257.38 mph with Jason Cannon second and Shelly Howard in third with a 5.537, 252.43.
 
The following is final qualifying results for Top Alcohol Dragster from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at No Problem Raceway:
 
Top Alcohol Dragster
1) John Haley, St. Louis, Minn., 5.457 seconds, 257.38 mph
2) Jason Cannon, Middleburg, Fla., 5.526, 257.14
3) Shelly Howard, Tulsa, Okla., 5.537, 252.43
4) Lee Callaway, Channelview, Texas, 5.593, 251.44
5) Darryl Hitchman, Hanford, Calif., 5.621, 248.75
6) James Thompson, Vernon, Texas, 5.654, 253.42
7) Karl Brounkowski, Magnolia, Texas, 5.703, 253.61
8) Gene Snow, Fort Worth, Texas, 5.771, 219.94
Not Qualified
9) Carl Magee, Victoria, Texas, 6.608, 202.64
10) Brandon Pierce, Moore, Okla., 6.802, 163.51
11) Glen Woosley, Freeport, Texas, 6.999, 206.35
12) James Copeland II, Red Oak, Texas, 8.327, 95.08
 
First round TAD pairings
1) John Haley, St. Louis, Minn., 5.457 seconds, 257.38 mph vs. 8) Gene Snow, Fort Worth, Texas, 5.771, 219.94
2) Jason Cannon, Middleburg, Fla., 5.526, 257.14 vs. 7) Karl Brounkowski, Magnolia, Texas, 5.703, 253.61
3) Shelly Howard, Tulsa, Okla., 5.537, 252.43 vs. 6) James Thompson, Vernon, Texas, 5.654, 253.42
4) Lee Callaway, Channelview, Texas, 5.593, 251.44 vs. 5) Darryl Hitchman, Hanford, Calif., 5.621, 248.75
 
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