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Sat, 14 Jun 2003, 07:37 PM

Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

HEBRON, Ohio - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing 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: Bruce Dickson No Time, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.889/167.49, Was #28
Right Lane: Brian DeLong Runs 7.548/179.40, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.538/176.51, Was #26

Current weather conditions: 73 degrees, 76 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.04 inches, with a track temperature of 87 degrees. After about a three hour rain delay we are back.

Dickson with major problems right off the starting with violent front wheel tire shake and then crossed the centerline, but he got it stopped.

Left Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.418/180.16, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.539/180.04, Was #27
Right Lane: Tommy Grimes Jr Runs 7.355/180.60, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.466/178.02, Was #25

Grimes with his best pass of the weekend, but he will not make the show. Griomes with problems getting the bike stopped and got into the sand. Underdahl with his best pass on John Smith's bike this weekend, but will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Connie Cohen Runs 7.531/175.66, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.464/170.15, Was #26
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.357/181.45, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.464/179.54, Was #25

Cohen got out of the groove and close to the wall and she will not get in the show. Cohen also had trouble getting the bike stopped, but she did get it stopped just before the sand. Hale with his best pass, but will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.446/181.84, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.460/175.34, Was #25
Right Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.649/177.44, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.460/178.50, Was #24

Straus with his best pass of the weekend and he will come up short. No help for Tonglet.

Left Lane: Keith Freeman Runs 7.422/177.32, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.426/175.50, Was #22
Right Lane: Wesley Wells No Time, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.439/175.75, Was #23

Wells got out of the groove and collected the 660-foot E.T. and mph cones. Freeman with a little improvement, but not enough.

Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.339/179.47, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.331/186.02, Was #16
Right Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.391/181.54, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.381/178.68, Was #20

No help for Reuter and he will not get in the show. DeSantis will stay on the bubble.

Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.349/174.71, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.326/181.98, Was #15
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.381/179.47, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.344/178.33, Was #17

Phillips got out of the groove and close to the centerline and will not improve. Camarena will not get in the show.

Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.358/178.80, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.310/181.54, Was #13
Right Lane: Keith Dennis Runs 7.310/182.65, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.312/180.02, Was #14

No help for Johnson and Dennis improves enough to jump in front of Johnson.

Left Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.343/182.23, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.307/178.47, Was #12
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.623/171.79, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.282/181.52, Was #9

No help for either of these two.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.278/182.11, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.287/181.67, Was #11
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.313/182.92, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.279/182.13, Was #8

Brown is one of the few bikes to improve this round and he made a big jump into the top half of the show. No help for Treble.

Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.315/182.80, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.286/183.10, Was #11
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.325/181.54, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.265/182.77, Was #7

For the third time it is the Harleys side by side. And no help for these two.

Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.230/182.90, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.246/183.59, Was #5
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.259/183.19, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.259/181.13, Was #6

Stoffer is running like a bracket bike here. Scali with his best run of the weekend, but will not move up the ladder.

Left Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.229/183.77, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.229/183.29, Was #4
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.253/189.50, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.220/184.67, Was #3

No help for Gann and Showers repeats his E.T. from earlier today.

Left Lane: Fred Collis Runs 7.199/183.77, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.193/184.07, Was #1
Right Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.207/181.72, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.212/187.81, Was #2

Collis with another good pass and he is the only one to get into the teens this weekend and he has done it twice. Angelle with her best pass of the weekend, but not good enough to take number one spot away from her former teammate.

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