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JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Torco Racing Fuels Route 66 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: Buddy Robinson Runs 15.551/45.64, Now #23; No Prior Run 2:53 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 65 percent, barometer 29.25 inches, adjusted altitude 3,413 feet, track temperature 109 degrees.
Robinson has problems early and he clicks it off about 300 feet out. Left Lane: Redell Harris No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.370/174.12, Was #19 Right Lane: Angie McBride Runs 7.622/165.31, Now #22; Best prior run: 10.776/68.98, Was #22 McBride gets out of the groove and starts drifting to the left. Harris starts drifting to the right. About 400 feet out, harris crosses the centerline, Mcbride finally gets her bike straightened out. Left Lane: Junior Pippin Runs 8.963/96.38, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.293/174.12, Was #17 Right Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.424/176.40, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.404/174.10, Was #21 Left Lane: David Hope Runs 7.332/177.53, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.212/181.32, Was #14 Right Lane: Mike Kovacevich Runs 7.377/176.79, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.372/173.94, Was #20 We probably won't see much movement this round with the current weather conditions. Hope slows from his earlier pass, Kovacevich won't make the show. Left Lane: Tom Bradford Runs 7.383/179.16, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.200/181.40, Was #13 Right Lane: Wes Wells Runs 7.209/184.93, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.344/180.55, Was #18 Wells makes a great pass here for the conditions and gets in the 14th spot, bumping out DeSantis and putting Gann on the bump. Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.098/184.85, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.149/184.17, Was #11 Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.145/186.48, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.232/180.16, Was #17 So much for my prediction of little improvement this round. Berry and DeSantis both go right down the groove, DeSantis getting back in the field in the 11th spot, Berry moving into the top half of the field. Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.193/182.06, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.132/186.15, Was #10 Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.153/185.41, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.216/179.95, Was #17 Gann gets bumped out, then gets right back in with this run. No improvement for Arana, but he is already in the show in the 10th spot. Left Lane: Steve Johnson No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.113/184.98, Was #8 Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.158/186.41, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.154/181.57, Was #14 Johnson comes off the line, makes a move to the right, then crosses the center-line about 500 feet out. Treble makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 7.122/182.26, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.088/183.00, Was #5 Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.108/187.76, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.147/181.42, Was #12 Stoffer makes her best pass of the weekend and moves up to the 8th spot. Sampey makes a clean run but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 7.045/186.48, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.039/183.54, Was #3 Right Lane: Matt Guidera Runs 7.180/181.76, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.129/185.87, Was #10 Guidera drifts out of the groove, gets close to the center-line, but is able to hang on for a decent pass. Ellis makes another good, consistent run. Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.030/188.04, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.028/189.90, Was #2 Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 7.116/182.70, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.106/187.21, Was #7 Left Lane: Chris Rivas Runs 7.031/187.91, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.027/187.29, Was #1 Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.071/184.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.061/184.93, Was #4 This ends the session, Rivas on the pole and Wes Wells is on the bump spot at 7.209.
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