Sun, 4 Sep 2005, 04:43 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

CLERMONT, Ind. - Notes from final, round 5 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 51st annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals listing lane, rider name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Johnny Bond Runs 7.956/165.66, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.680/167.38, Was #28

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.50 inches, adjusted altitude 1,941 feet, track temperature 119 degrees.

They start this session with Joe DeSantis on the bump spot at 7.205.

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Left Lane: Thomas Miceli Runs 7.506/179.68, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.414/172.54, Was #25
Right Lane: Marco Andreano Runs 7.551/166.81, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.506/165.60, Was #27

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Left Lane: Connie Cohen Runs 7.385/181.59, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.289/177.81, Was #23
Right Lane: Ed Krawiec Runs 7.426/174.50, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.293/179.59, Was #24

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Left Lane: Daniel Kovacevich Runs 7.315/188.12, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.262/178.80, Was #21
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.446/172.39, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.272/183.89, Was #22

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Left Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 7.313/183.00, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.253/180.19, Was #19
Right Lane: Buddy Robinson Runs 7.410/174.55, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.256/182.77, Was #20

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Left Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.372/185.13, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.227/179.88, Was #18
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.363/177.23, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.205/181.69, Was #16

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.265/185.36, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.223/182.60, Was #17
Right Lane: Matt Guidera Runs 7.273/175.68, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.190/179.35, Was #14

Phillips with the quickest pass of the session.

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Left Lane: Chris Rivas Runs 7.426/161.07, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.201/178.33, Was #15
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.292/180.79, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.184/187.81, Was #13

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.266/188.89, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.138/184.14, Was #11
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.296/179.92, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.162/187.11, Was #12

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.168/188.44, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.125/184.57, Was #9
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.724/141.61, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.135/181.67, Was #10

Treble with a nice pass and the first one to go quicker than the bump coming into this round.

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Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 7.236/180.36, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.102/192.25, Was #5
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.163/185.95, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.120/187.81, Was #8

Johnson with the quickest pass of the session.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.191/186.51, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.101/184.55, Was #4
Right Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 7.167/181.40, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.112/181.28, Was #7

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.185/187.94, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.090/184.52, Was #2
Right Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.261/183.32, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.112/185.31, Was #6

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.109/193.85, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.081/184.25, Was #1
Right Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.163/186.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.096/187.81, Was #3

Hines with a great pass and with this pair it made seven riders that went quicker than the bump spot coming into this round. Hines with a big top end speed and the track mph record.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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