Sat, 1 Oct 2011, 11:26 AM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Auto-Plus 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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Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.824/195.48, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.909/195.05, Was #4

11:04 a.m. -Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 61 percent, barometer 29.16 inches, adjusted altitude 1,588 feet.

Arana moved into the number one spot for now with the 10th quickest ride in Pro Stock Bike history.

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 6.946/191.51, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.976/189.02, Was #11
Right Lane: Neil Jacobs Runs 8.863/111.82, Now #13; No Prior Run

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Left Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.072/186.61, Now #13; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 14.881/49.29, Now #15; No Prior Run

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Left Lane: Stephen Terkowski Runs 7.143/183.24, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Justin Finley Runs 6.955/193.10, Now #12; No Prior Run

Both riders made it into the field for now with straight trips down the track.

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Left Lane: Bailey Whitaker Runs 6.963/191.13, Now #14; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Matt Guidera Runs 6.962/187.26, Now #13; No Prior Run

Neither rider was in the field before this ride. Both were quick enough to make it in for now.

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Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.900/193.13, Now #5; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.915/192.77, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.977/190.86, Was #15

Savoie went from outside the field to the top half of the order with a nice ride down the track. Ellis moved up eight spots in the order.

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Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.950/189.98, Now #14; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.866/193.88, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.923/193.43, Was #9

Two clean rides put Tonglet in the field and Smith into the top quarter of the field for now.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.858/194.21, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.940/190.94, Was #11
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.955/193.16, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.932/192.80, Was #10

Johnson had a career best ET to move up eight spots in the order. Phillips was not as quick as yesterday and dropped down a spot.

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Left Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 11.503/64.56, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.942/193.54, Was #12
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.939/195.48, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.871/193.88, Was #6

Underdahl lost power on the track and coasted. Hines was slower than yesterday.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.880/192.93, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.919/194.07, Was #10
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.837/195.28, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.863/194.74, Was #4

Smith had a clean ride to move up three spots. Arana moved up one spot with his quickest run of the weekend so far.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.867/194.58, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.911/194.58, Was #9
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.851/195.34, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.826/197.97, Was #2

Krawiec was not as quick as yesterday so he'll stay in the number two spot for now. Stoffer moved up three spots with a clean ride down the groove. That's the end of the third qualifying session and this is the quickest field ever in Pro Stock Bike competition.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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