Fri, 2 May 2003, 04:03 PM Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Bob Orme

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 1 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, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Bruce Dickson Runs 10.504/109.49, Now #2
Right Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 7.823/164.71, Now #1

3:27 PM Dickson's bike bogged so badly the engine almost died after the hit.

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Left Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 8.686/108.35, Now #3
Right Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.927/144.35, Now #2

Hale was out of the groove and close to the retaining wall for most of this run. Judging by his finish line speed, he had to click it off quite early.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.566/172.30, Now #2
Right Lane: Tommy Grimes Jr Runs 7.375/177.70, Now #1

No apparent problems for either rider.

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Left Lane: Lloyd Straus No Time, Now #8
Right Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.462/176.97, Now #2

Straus broke after the burnout.

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Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.422/179.90, Now #2
Right Lane: Michael Lozano Runs 7.882/165.74, Now #6

Lozano had to fight to keep the bike off the retaining wall for most of this pass.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.694/171.97, Now #6
Right Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.495/174.03, Now #4

Harris moved to the right immediately after the hit, the bike very close to the centerline at 100 feet.

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Left Lane: Keith Freeman Runs 7.540/177.79, Now #5
Right Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.557/169.02, Now #6

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Left Lane: Matthew Smith Runs 7.612/177.49, Now #9
Right Lane: Sam Hurwitz Runs 7.509/175.11, Now #5

Matthew is Rickie Smith's son. He was a little to the left of the groove in the middle section of the track.

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Left Lane: Connie Cohen Runs 7.435/174.96, Now #4
Right Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.427/174.01, Now #3

Cohen had the best 60-foot time of the session thus far, at 1.105 seconds.

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.532/176.81, Now #8
Right Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 18.185/33.40, Now #19

Reuter bogged on the launch and was sitting up on the bike at about 150 feet.

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Left Lane: John Smith Runs 7.441/182.28, Now #6
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.388/178.59, Now #2

Smith bogged on the launch but stayed on the throttle.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.434/178.40, Now #6
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.416/179.30, Now #3

Johnson moved to the right of the groove at 60 feet and stayed there for a couple hundred feet.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.377/181.30, Now #3
Right Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.361/184.19, Now #1

Showers spun the rear tire on the hit.

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Left Lane: Fred Collis Runs 7.354/181.69, Now #2
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.341/185.89, Now #1

Hines rode the Harley close to the wall for most of this pass.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.395/182.67, Now #8
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.239/190.73, Now #1

Gann resets the track speed record with this pass.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.351/181.52, Now #3
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.407/181.57, Now #10

Brown was a little to the left of the groove in the middle section of the track.

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Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.265/184.04, Now #2
Right Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 8.014/113.67, Now #30

Savoie was having trouble keeping the bike straight and gave up on this run at about half track. She bested Cohen's 60-foot time by 0.001 seconds, running the first 60 feet in 1.104 seconds,

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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