Sat, 17 Jul 2010, 05:56 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

SONOMA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual FRAM-Autolite 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:

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Left Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.684/173.27, Now #21; Best prior run: 17.987/38.51, Was #21
Right Lane: Chris MacLaurin Runs 7.233/182.03, Now #19; No Prior Run

2:34 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.94 inches, adjusted altitude 1,787 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Mike Berry is on the bump spot at 7.079.

Sounded like Sullivan missed the shift and slowed.

MacLaurin stay in his lane this time and can only muster a #19 qualifying spot.

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Left Lane: Scotty Pollacheck No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 9.635/88.60, Was #22
Right Lane: James Surber No Time, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.323/181.35, Was #20

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Right Lane: James Surber Runs 7.393/177.25, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.323/181.35, Was #20

Surber makes a single pass and slows a little from earlier to stay #20.

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Left Lane: GT Tonglet No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.190/184.72, Was #18
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.219/179.37, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.079/180.52, Was #16

Looks like Tonglet has terminal problems before staging and is pushed back.

Berry slows on the top end and will stay on the bump.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris Runs 8.396/107.39, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.174/184.83, Was #17
Right Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.083/189.71, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.049/191.10, Was #15

Harris has good numbers down low and then has the bike miss a shift. He slows to stay #17. That ensures Berry the bump spot.

Camarena makes a clean pass, but can't improve.

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.018/188.15, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.967/188.20, Was #12
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 7.056/186.36, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.001/189.66, Was #14

Two great runs for the conditions and they both stay in their current qualifying positions.

Shawn Gann's incremental times: 60ft-1.083 sec., 330ft-2.911, 660ft-4.467/157.08 mph, 1,000ft-5.834.
Angie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.097 sec., 330ft-2.915, 660ft-4.468/156.66 mph, 1,000ft-5.852.

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Left Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 7.074/184.32, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.949/191.78, Was #9
Right Lane: David Hope Runs 6.968/188.60, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.969/184.80, Was #13

Strong sixty foot time for hope and he improves his ET a little to stay #13.

Underdahl makes a full pass, but can't improve.

Jim Underdahl's incremental times: 60ft-1.111 sec., 330ft-2.933, 660ft-4.483/156.61 mph, 1,000ft-5.865.
David Hope's incremental times: 60ft-1.065 sec., 330ft-2.865, 660ft-4.407/157.80 mph, 1,000ft-5.778.

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Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 7.009/192.36, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.928/192.14, Was #7
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.079/188.46, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.966/191.43, Was #11

Krawiec has to fight the bike to stay in the groove and it costs him some ET. Stoffer is straight, but slows too.

Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.116 sec., 330ft-2.953, 660ft-4.495/158.43 mph, 1,000ft-5.846.
Karen Stoffer's incremental times: 60ft-1.132 sec., 330ft-2.949, 660ft-4.504/156.30 mph, 1,000ft-5.885.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.919/191.84, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.921/190.54, Was #5
Right Lane: Larry Cook Runs 7.029/187.21, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.957/188.75, Was #10

Hines makes a statement with the best pass of the session by a bunch, but he stays #5 on the ladder.

Like most of the rest of the field, Cook slows a little.

Andrew Hines' incremental times: 60ft-1.082 sec., 330ft-2.885, 660ft-4.410/159.93 mph, 1,000ft-5.755.
Larry Cook's incremental times: 60ft-1.095 sec., 330ft-2.910, 660ft-4.461/157.26 mph, 1,000ft-5.835.

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.045/188.65, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.919/192.58, Was #4
Right Lane: LE Tonglet No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.929/191.16, Was #8

Tonglet is a No Show and Treble makes a clean single to stay #4.

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Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.934/195.34, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.926/193.99, Was #6

Johnson will not make a pass, so Phillips makes a single to nearly repeat on his prior best.

Michael Phillips' incremental times: 60ft-1.095 sec., 330ft-2.914, 660ft-4.444/159.48 mph, 1,000ft-5.785.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.929/192.00, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.876/190.54, Was #1
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.930/191.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.912/191.32, Was #3

Last pair of the session.

Two clean pass into the six second zone and Arana runs the second best ET of the round. Smith is just 0.001 behind him and they stay #1 and #3.

Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.093 sec., 330ft-2.902, 660ft-4.430/159.91 mph, 1,000ft-5.769.
Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.068 sec., 330ft-2.867, 660ft-4.403/158.78 mph, 1,000ft-5.758.

2:49 p.m. Mike Berry is on the bump spot at 7.079.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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