Mon, 7 Sep 2009, 09:32 PM Short Day for Matt Smith, Angie McBride and L.E. Tonglet at Indy

Courtesy of Joe Sherk

CLERMONT, Ind. -- Matt Smith was the only Matt Smith Racing team Pro Stock Motorcycle rider Monday to move into the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Motorsports Park.

Smith, riding the Don Schumacher Racing Nitro Fish Suzuki, ran 6.984 seconds at 188.86 mph to defeat Junior Pippin's 7.165 at 179.23. Douglas Horne upset him with a run of 7.164 at 182.55 mph to 7.106 at 184.42.

Angie McBride, riding the Nitro Fish Buell, couldn't outrun Hector Arana and L.E. Tonglet had a mechanical problem with his Frameworksmg.com Buell and lost to Karen Stoffer in the first round.

McBride covered the quarter-mile in 7.003 seconds at 185.97 mph, but it wasn't enough to get the win light as Arana turned in a time of 6.973 at 189.60.

"We improved our time on that run . . . and we ran well all weekend," said McBride. "We just had a bad draw in the first round. We'll work on our bike and get ready for our next race in Charlotte (Sept. 20)."

Tonglet, competing in his first NHRA national event, said his good weekend turned bad when the motor sputtered and "caused the bike to slow down. We just had a little bad luck. Other than that, we had a fast Buell.

"It was a great weekend. I want to thank Matt and the people at Frameworksgm.com for giving me the opportunity to do it."

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