The Friday schedule at the ADRL Hardee’s Summer Drags in Topeka, Kan., was ambitious but by 8 PM, it became impractical.

Blame it on the rain.

When rain postponed last month’s ADRL Summer Drags in Martin, Mich., after the first round of eliminations, the decision was made to complete the event on the Friday of the Topeka event.

The second round of the postponed event was scheduled to begin at 3 PM, following three hours of professional time trials. What looked good on paper didn’t pan out as the Extreme Pro Stocker, the first scheduled eliminator, completed the second round a few ticks shy of 6 PM.

That delay pushed the opening session of qualifying for the Topeka event until 8 PM, CST. The final rounds of eliminations of each class were intermingled into the first qualifying session.

The first day ended shy of the midnight hour. 

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