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Sat, 28 Jun 2003, 06:33 PM

Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Seventh annual Sears Craftsman NHRA 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:

Left Lane: Redell Harris No Time, Now #30; Best prior run: 7.495/181.52, Was #30
Right Lane: Michael Lozano Runs 7.758/164.45, Now #31; Best prior run: 7.723/166.91, Was #31

Current weather conditions: 88 degrees, 34 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.99 inches, with a track temperature of 121 degrees.

Harris for the second round in a row breaks as soon as he lets out the clutch. Not expecting a lot of improvement during this session with the late afternoon heat.

Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 10.514/78.19, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.364/180.28, Was #23
Right Lane: Brian DeLong Runs 7.336/183.64, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.366/184.90, Was #24

DeSantis made a quick move toward the wall , but was able to lean it back into the groove before clicking it off. DeLong improved, but not enough.

Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 10.490/80.52, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.237/183.49, Was #10
Right Lane: Cary Phalen Runs 7.444/177.44, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.388/180.07, Was #25

Tonglet for the second round in a row has problems and shuts it off by 330 feet. No help for Phalen.

Left Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 8.679/112.50, Now #32; Best prior run: 7.992/150.41, Was #32
Right Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.490/179.14, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.406/178.50, Was #26

Left Lane: Keith Freeman Runs 7.713/180.14, Now #29; Best prior run: 7.416/183.54, Was #29

Freeman was slow off the line

Left Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.429/178.66, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.410/182.43, Was #28
Right Lane: Tommy Grimes Jr Runs 7.296/188.36, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.285/183.07, Was #17

Grimes with a nice straight pass, but does not improve. No help for Underdahl.

Left Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.377/177.44, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.407/180.50, Was #27
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.266/183.15, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.313/173.41, Was #19

Phillips with a quick 60-foot time and was out of the groove, but was able to reel it back in. Great pass to get in the show, that bumped out Camarena and put Treble on the bubble.

Left Lane: Sam Hurwitz Runs 7.463/177.81, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.350/175.25, Was #22
Right Lane: David Feazell No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.298/171.58, Was #19

Feazell's bike went dead as soon as the light turned green.

Left Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.355/178.28, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.316/180.69, Was #20
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.290/179.71, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.272/183.49, Was #17

No help here.

Left Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.299/180.55, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.260/185.03, Was #13
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.241/183.17, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.262/182.58, Was #14

Johnson with a 1.090 60-foot time and was straight down the groove to move up a couple spots.

Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.243/179.97, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.269/182.95, Was #16
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.236/191.97, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.203/182.97, Was #5

Treble did what he wanted to do here get off the bubble, he had great 1.077 60-foot time. Hines bogged a little off the starting line, but had the big top end speed, a career best mph.

Left Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.215/184.93, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.241/182.97, Was #12
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.212/187.39, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.253/184.45, Was #14

This was a good drag race here both bikes side by side all the way down the 1320.

Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.144/186.20, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.224/183.84, Was #11
Right Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.199/182.67, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.208/187.31, Was #6

Stoffer with a great 60-foot time 1.079 seconds and parlays that into a great pass moving up to the number two spot. Showers improved, but not enough to move up the ladder.

Left Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.151/183.22, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.163/185.13, Was #5
Right Lane: John G. Smith Runs 7.213/182.23, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.219/185.56, Was #11

Angelle with a 1.099 60-foot time and she moves up a spot. Smith moves up a couple spots with this pass.

Left Lane: Fred Collis Runs 15.373/50.27, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.161/185.66, Was #5
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.285/181.01, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.217/178.66, Was #11

Collis broke around 200 feet and coast on through. No help for Berry.

Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.191/183.24, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.136/187.31, Was #1
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.159/186.51, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.149/187.57, Was #3

Good pass for Scali he had a 1.81 second 60-foot time. Gann with another teen. Stoffer with the quickest pass of the session. We will have one more shot at qualifying under the lights.

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