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Sat, 21 Jun 2008, 03:14 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Lucas Oil NHRA SuperNationals 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: Junior Pippin No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 10.468/77.63, Was #17
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.210/185.69, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.207/186.56, Was #14

2:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,509 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.
Ryan Schnitz is on the bump spot at 7.448.

Something tripped the timer in Pippins lane and he will not get a time - or a rerun. No improvement by DeSantis.

Left Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.442/173.01, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.448/172.76, Was #16
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.049/185.77, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.082/187.05, Was #13

Schnitz improved slightly, stayed 16th. Berry made another nice, straight run on Matt Smith's second bike and move up a spot.

Left Lane: Wes Wells Runs 7.181/188.36, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.244/188.83, Was #15
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.167/187.00, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.005/191.16, Was #11

Hector must have gotten all the sand and gravel out this time, making a full pass. Wells made his best pass of the weekend, moving up a spot.

Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.997/189.90, Was #9
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.064/190.40, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.002/192.36, Was #10

Krawiec's bike was pushed away after the burnout. Johnson came back closer to his first pass, but failed to improve.

Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.041/189.10, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.992/190.65, Was #7
Right Lane: Matt Guidera Runs 7.032/186.67, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.997/190.78, Was #8

Both made good runs, a few hundredths off their best of the weekend.

Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.992/189.92, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.973/188.25, Was #5
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.015/191.84, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.990/191.38, Was #6

Good runs in both lanes.

Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.937/192.88, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.967/190.46, Was #4
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 6.977/189.82, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.956/190.83, Was #3

Nice runs in both lanes, but it was Ellis who got all the attention with top speed of the meet in the heat of the afternoon. That's his best speed of the season.

Left Lane: Chris Rivas Runs 6.949/192.19, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.923/191.92, Was #1
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.155/157.23, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.952/191.38, Was #3

Both riders posted 1.07 60-foot times, but Ellis' run holds on for low ET of the round. Smith slowed on the top end, the reason not clear.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink