Sat, 3 May 2003, 11:41 AM Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Bob Orme

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac 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: Chris Reuter Runs 7.350/182.97, Now #4; Best prior run: 18.185/33.40, Was #33
Right Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 8.168/124.37, Now #32; No Prior Run

Straus moved toward the retaining wall at 300 feet and stayed there until he got off the throttle at about 1000 feet.

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Left Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.192/181.74, Now #1; Best prior run: 8.014/113.67, Was #31
Right Lane: Bruce Dickson Runs 8.261/160.38, Now #33; Best prior run: 10.504/109.49, Was #34

Dickson was not up to full power at any point of this pass. Savoie is the first rider in the "teens" this weekend.

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Left Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.719/173.78, Now #30; Best prior run: 7.927/144.35, Was #31
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.350/181.79, Now #6; Best prior run: 8.686/108.35, Was #34

Schnitz bogged a little on the launch.

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Left Lane: Michael Lozano Runs 7.755/163.87, Now #31; Best prior run: 7.882/165.74, Was #32
Right Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.400/179.66, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.694/171.97, Was #29

No visible problems for either rider here.

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Left Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 8.709/137.95, Now #32; Best prior run: 7.823/164.71, Was #32
Right Lane: Matthew Smith Runs 7.320/181.18, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.612/177.49, Was #29

Matte took a long time getting the bike into second gear.

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Left Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.471/176.49, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.557/169.02, Was #28
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.426/182.43, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.566/172.30, Was #29

Wells moved toward the centerline right after the launch. Arana had problems with his brakes in the shutdown area and ended up in the sand trap at the end of the track.

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Left Lane: Sam Hurwitz Runs 7.436/169.27, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.509/175.11, Was #27
Right Lane: Keith Freeman Runs 7.477/179.14, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.540/177.79, Was #29

Improvement by both riders, but they're still well short of making the field.

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Left Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.443/178.68, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.495/174.03, Was #28
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.350/179.02, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.532/176.81, Was #29

Phillips helps himself a bunch with this pass, moving far up the ladder.

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Left Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.451/175.59, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.462/176.97, Was #27
Right Lane: John Smith Runs 7.244/180.16, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.441/182.28, Was #25

This is Smith's best elapsed time of this season.

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Left Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.292/183.79, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.427/174.01, Was #22
Right Lane: Connie Cohen Runs 7.382/176.44, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.435/174.96, Was #24

Cohen was a little to the right of the groove on the top half of the track.

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Left Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.384/180.33, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.416/179.30, Was #21
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.277/181.94, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.434/178.40, Was #24

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 8.035/123.34, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.407/181.57, Was #11
Right Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.234/183.24, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.422/179.90, Was #13

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.399/183.42, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.388/178.59, Was #20
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.228/181.86, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.395/182.67, Was #21

Berry, with a 1.082-second 60-foot time, moves into the number two spot for now.

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Left Lane: Tommy Grimes Jr Runs 7.385/178.68, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.375/177.70, Was #17
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 8.425/112.64, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.377/181.30, Was #18

Stoffer was off the throttle just before half track, the reason not apparent from here.

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Left Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.217/185.38, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.361/184.19, Was #16
Right Lane: Fred Collis Runs 7.608/155.17, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.354/181.69, Was #15

Collis was strong on the launch with a 1.090-second 60-foot time, but he was slowing by the half track timers.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines No Time, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.341/185.89, Was #11
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.200/186.18, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.351/181.52, Was #15

Hines broke on the burnout.

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.213/185.15, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.239/190.73, Was #6
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.181/186.92, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.265/184.04, Was #8

We finish this qualifying round with a strong pass for both riders.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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