Sat, 13 Sep 2008, 11:14 AM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Jason Murray

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Inaugural NHRA Carolinas 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: Valerie Thompson Runs 7.291/178.80, Now #13; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Darin McCurdy No Time, Now #18; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 3,500 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

10:50 a.m. Let us see how the bike riders deal with the heat. Thompson makes it down the track, McCurdy launches and breaks. Thompson will go into the field for now.

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.114/190.19, Now #12; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.197/181.86, Now #14; No Prior Run

DeSantis launches hard and kind of goes sideways, he has to fight the bike all the way down the track, he was really close to the finish-line cones when he crossed the finish-line. Gann makes a very decent run.

Joe DeSantis' incremental times: 60ft-1.129 sec., 330ft-2.993, 660ft-4.566/156.23mph, 1,000ft-5.940
Shawn Gann's incremental times: 60ft-1.100 sec., 330ft-2.971, 660ft-4.564/153.33mph, 1,000ft-5.974

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Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 7.826/137.32, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Wes Wells Runs 7.072/189.68, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.094/189.34, Was #10

Wells improves from yesterday, that is a shock, considering the conditions. Sampey bike breaks down track, and she will go to the bump, but I will say that she will not be qualified when we end this session.

Wes Wells' incremental times: 60ft-1.100 sec., 330ft-2.944, 660ft-4.512/156.23mph, 1,000ft-5.890

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Left Lane: Angie McBride Runs 7.166/183.89, Now #14; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 7.062/185.89, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.036/191.19, Was #6

McBride rides her bikes into the field for now. She still is fighting to keep the bike straight, but it does seem to be getting better. Ellis makes a very stout run in his attempt

Angie McBride's incremental times: 60ft-1.091 sec., 330ft-2.931, 660ft-4.533/152.09mph, 1,000ft-5.952
Chip Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.078 sec., 330ft-2.911, 660ft-4.477/156.17mph, 1,000ft-5.863

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Left Lane: Matt Guidera Runs 7.167/183.47, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.102/184.42, Was #11
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.070/185.89, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.044/191.02, Was #8

Treble makes a very nice run but won't improve, Guidera runs slower than yesterday, we have only seen a couple of riders improve this session so far.

Matt Guidera's incremental times: 60ft-1.092 sec., 330ft-2.959, 660ft-4.549/153.88mph, 1,000ft-5.952
Craig Treble's incremental times: 60ft-1.091 sec., 330ft-2.925, 660ft-4.492/156.03mph, 1,000ft-5.874

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Left Lane: Junior Pippin Runs 7.098/184.47, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.114/184.27, Was #13
Right Lane: Chris Rivas Runs 7.048/184.75, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.968/191.19, Was #2

Pippin makes a great run and he moves up in the field, Rivas doesn't improve but still makes a very strong run.

Junior Pippin's incremental times: 60ft-1.083 sec., 330ft-2.919, 660ft-4.497/155.26mph, 1,000ft-5.891
Chris Rivas' incremental times: 60ft-1.072 sec., 330ft-2.897, 660ft-4.462/156.30mph, 1,000ft-5.845

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.029/189.07, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.032/192.22, Was #5
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.119/188.75, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.044/188.89, Was #9

Arana won't improve from yesterday but Johnson will, Johnson makes a very nice run to improve his time, but not position.

Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.089 sec., 330ft-2.918, 660ft-4.477/157.23mph, 1,000ft-5.848
Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.126 sec., 330ft-2.989, 660ft-4.557/156.26mph, 1,000ft-5.934

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.041/190.92, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.037/189.71, Was #7
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.999/190.24, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.981/192.30, Was #3

Krawiec makes our first 6 second run of the day in Pro Stock Motorcycle. Stoffer is just a tick slower than she was yesterday.

Karen Stoffer's incremental times: 60ft-1.081 sec., 330ft-2.921, 660ft-4.491/156.03mph, 1,000ft-5.867
Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.084 sec., 330ft-2.909, 660ft-4.463/157.63mph, 1,000ft-5.826

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.070/189.58, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.007/191.24, Was #4
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.981/190.46, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.952/192.08, Was #1

Smith will remain #1 going into the final session. Hines a makes a nice run but slows down a little more than his teammate did in the pair before. Smith is #1 and Valerie Thompson will be #16 going into the final session.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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