Sat, 19 Mar 2005, 12:17 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Rick Green

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 36th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals 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 Rivas Runs 12.827/57.39, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.399/145.20, Was #24

Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 29.99 inches, adjusted altitude 685 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Bike bogged right off the starting line.

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Left Lane: Paul Gast Runs 7.178/184.72, Now #15; Best prior run: 13.194/56.85, Was #33

Gast blew up his engine last night and rebuilt it. Gast with a great pass to get in the show and this gives us the quickest Pro Stock Motorcycle field ever.

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.235/180.54, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.715/130.49, Was #29

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.233/180.79, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.816/125.61, Was #30
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.549/179.03, Now #30; Best prior run: 9.753/174.21, Was #32

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Left Lane: Angie McBride No Time, Now #31; Best prior run: 7.578/170.00, Was #31
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.146/184.01, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.311/186.45, Was #24

Smith with a great looking pass.

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Left Lane: Johnny Bond Runs 7.509/174.48, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.538/174.45, Was #29

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Left Lane: Tommy Grimes Runs 7.328/179.39, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.537/172.94, Was #29
Right Lane: Redell Harris No Time, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.357/160.02, Was #26

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Left Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.255/189.07, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.202/184.35, Was #20
Right Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.313/177.83, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.230/186.45, Was #22

No help for either of these two.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.171/186.56, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.190/184.31, Was #19
Right Lane: Connie Cohen No Time, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.225/183.71, Was #21

Berry gets into the show and that bumps out Gast.

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Left Lane: Scott Valetti Runs 7.162/183.29, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.190/186.76, Was #19
Right Lane: Rickey Gadson Runs 7.283/180.83, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.174/185.91, Was #16

Valetti with a career best E.T. pass to get in the show, and that bumps out Gadson.

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Left Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.274/179.06, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.185/184.69, Was #19
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.192/184.69, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.170/188.60, Was #15

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Left Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.202/186.18, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.149/187.11, Was #13
Right Lane: Chris Bostick Runs 7.111/186.45, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.128/187.34, Was #11

Bostick with his career best E.T. to move up a couple spots.

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Left Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 10.627/73.48, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.057/188.87, Was #8
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.077/188.20, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.126/188.36, Was #11

Johnson with the quickest pass of the session and a career best E.T. pass for him

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.088/192.47, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.055/190.11, Was #6
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.114/185.75, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.093/187.14, Was #10

No help for either of these two.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.197/171.52, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.024/189.95, Was #4
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 7.043/185.10, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.029/187.89, Was #5

Angelle with a nice pass the quickest of the session.

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Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.062/189.63, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.016/189.63, Was #3
Right Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 7.886/144.39, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.056/185.52, Was #7

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.024/197.45, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.991/196.16, Was #1
Right Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.047/186.99, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.007/197.45, Was #2

Hines with the quickest pass of the session and is quick enough to back up the 6.991 pass for a National E.T. record and his speed from last night is fast enough to back up this mph for the National mph record.

Mike Berry is on the bump spot at 7.171.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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