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CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 27th annual NHRA Arizona 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: James Surber Runs 7.258/184.80, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.221/184.27, Was #22 Right Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.386/181.08, Now #24; Best prior run: 21.397/28.22, Was #24 1:47 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 15 percent, barometer 28.56 inches, adjusted altitude 3,799 feet, track temperature 126 degrees. Shawn Gann is on the bump spot at 7.117. Quicker than I thought for the
conditions. It's much worse AD now than in session three. Left Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.236/187.11, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.220/186.95, Was #21 Right Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.324/185.49, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.233/184.27, Was #23 Two more go down and two more go home. Left Lane: Bailey Whitaker Runs 7.128/187.31, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.175/187.60, Was #19 Right Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.225/185.95, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.196/186.98, Was #20 Whitaker gives it a valiant try and just misses the bump. Camarena slows from his best. Bailey Whitaker's incremental times: 60ft-1.103 sec., 330ft-2.957, 660ft-4.540/153.91 mph, 1,000ft-5.930. Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.153/185.31, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.117/187.03, Was #16 Right Lane: David Hope Runs 7.115/187.78, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.148/186.82, Was #19 Gann gets a full pass and doesn't improve. Hope was right there and bumps him out. Ouch. David Hope's incremental times: 60ft-1.087 sec., 330ft-2.944, 660ft-4.529/153.79 mph, 1,000ft-5.919. Left Lane: Matt Guidera Runs 7.099/187.13, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.110/186.48, Was #15 Right Lane: Joe DeSantis No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.129/189.04, Was #19 Any chance that DeSantis had was quick over, as the bike has problems after the burnout and is pushed away. Guidera finally makes the pass he was looking for to pick up some more ET, but will stay #15. Matt Guidera's incremental times: 60ft-1.077 sec., 330ft-2.925, 660ft-4.506/154.46 mph, 1,000ft-5.899. Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 19.780/23.27, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.051/192.49, Was #11 Right Lane: Justin Finley Runs 7.051/192.28, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.083/190.81, Was #14 Johnson's woes continue as the bike is a little soft off the line and then drives towards the centerline. He has to lift. Finley continues to improve and moves up two spots to the current #12 spot. Justin Finley's incremental times: 60ft-1.119 sec., 330ft-2.957, 660ft-4.518/156.66 mph, 1,000ft-5.880. Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 7.030/189.50, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.046/190.75, Was #10 Right Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 7.069/191.32, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.080/190.57, Was #14 Both bikes make nice runs to improve their ET's, but will stay in their current positions on the ladder. Jerry Savoie's incremental times: 60ft-1.074 sec., 330ft-2.901, 660ft-4.460/155.58 mph, 1,000ft-5.842. Jim Underdahl's incremental times: 60ft-1.103 sec., 330ft-2.948, 660ft-4.518/155.69 mph, 1,000ft-5.892. Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.013/192.36, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.015/190.97, Was #8 Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.071/192.99, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.061/192.96, Was #13 Two best runs of the session and no improvements. Hines picks up just 0.002. Andrew Hines' incremental times: 60ft-1.085 sec., 330ft-2.917, 660ft-4.474/156.64 mph, 1,000ft-5.839. Michael Phillips' incremental times: 60ft-1.131 sec., 330ft-2.974, 660ft-4.540/156.28 mph, 1,000ft-5.904. Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.018/190.65, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.991/190.08, Was #6 Right Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 7.055/189.87, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.024/189.66, Was #9 Clean and straight passes, but both bikes slow a little from their best. Mike Berry's incremental times: 60ft-1.076 sec., 330ft-2.908, 660ft-4.471/156.30 mph, 1,000ft-5.840. LE Tonglet's incremental times: 60ft-1.087 sec., 330ft-2.925, 660ft-4.496/155.42 mph, 1,000ft-5.871. Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.954/192.03, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.954/191.84, Was #4 Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 8.587/107.50, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.000/189.63, Was #7 The Smith Family to the line! With easily the best run of the session so far, Matt Smith thunders down the track to match his prior ET with a MPH improvement. He will stay #4. Angie Smith was on a good pass too until near the 1000 foot lights, where she set up on the bike. Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-2.874, 660ft-4.426/157.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.784. Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.953/194.41, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.939/193.63, Was #3 Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.399/147.01, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.970/190.32, Was #5 Krawiec makes a good pass and doesn't improve. Stoffer ran strong until near the 1000 foot lights and then slowed. Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.956/193.21, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.937/194.52, Was #2 Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.931/194.86, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.889/194.94, Was #1 The Arana Family this time to end the first ever Pro Stock Bike Qualifying at Phoenix. Another pair of strong passes and Junior gets the best of it to set the best time of the session and nail the bonus points. Dad's bike had a better sixty foot time, but couldn't match the pace the rest of the way down the track. They will stay #1 and #2. Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.082 sec., 330ft-2.902, 660ft-4.441/158.69 mph, 1,000ft-5.793. Hector Arana Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.090 sec., 330ft-2.894, 660ft-4.431/158.89 mph, 1,000ft-5.776. 2:07 p.m. David Hope is on the bump spot at 7.115.
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