Sat, 27 Apr 2013, 13:22 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 26th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries 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: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.070/187.39, Now #13; No Prior Run

Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 80 percent, barometer 30.08 inches, adjusted altitude 1,754 feet, track temperature 84 degrees.

Those who did not qualify in the top twelve yesterday will start over today.

DeSantis made a clean run, his best of the event, but that probably won't make the field of sixteen.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.071/187.44, Now #14; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Michael Ray Runs 6.939/191.89, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.913/193.60, Was #4

Ray was safely in the field after a good first run yesterday, but he had problems on the second run and that earned him an early spot in today's lineup. He made a good run, not quite as quick as his first. Harris made his best run of the event, probably won't make the field.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.933/194.88, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.929/194.30, Was #7
Right Lane: David Barron Runs 7.816/172.87, Now #15; No Prior Run

Same with Johnson, a good run out-of-the-box and then a smoking engine yesterday. He doesn't have a spare, but it appears he fixed the problem because he almost matched his best from yesterday. Barron had problems right at the start.

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Left Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 6.896/191.67, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.911/191.65, Was #3
Right Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.042/190.16, Now #13; No Prior Run

Stout run by Pollacheck to move up one spot on the ladder. Camarena made a clean pass, his quickest of the weekend, might not be enough to make the field.

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Left Lane: James Surber Runs 7.117/187.29, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.929/191.16, Now #8; No Prior Run

Nice run by Smith, going into the top half of the field (for now). That set the bump spot and Surber just missed, running his best of the event. Redell Harris is on the bump spot at 7.071.

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.052/188.67, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.904/193.49, Now #3; No Prior Run

Both bumped into the field, putting Harris and DeSantis out. Hines made a very nice run, going all the way up to third. Phillips made it in with his best of the event, but he's now on the bump spot.

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Left Lane: John Hall Runs 6.906/191.16, Now #4; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 6.965/191.87, Now #16; No Prior Run

Two good runs, both making their quickest run of the event, and that bumps Phillips and Camarena from the field. Berry is now on the bump spot.

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 6.960/192.63, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.981/190.83, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.947/191.21, Was #14

Gann made his quickest run of the event and bumped Berry and that should be the last bump of this session. Krawiec failed to improve.

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Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.985/192.00, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.952/191.27, Was #15
Right Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 16.288/46.11, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.938/194.16, Was #13

Sullivan had a shifter problem and slowed.Ellis failed to improve.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 9.999/83.50, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.936/192.41, Was #12
Right Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 6.959/193.68, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.934/193.71, Was #11

Sopunded like Smith also had shifter problems. Nice run by Underdahl, no improvement.

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Left Lane: Adam Arana Runs 6.929/192.44, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.919/194.24, Was #7
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.945/192.69, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.926/193.07, Was #8

Neither improved, but Adam was quicker than his Dad for the second session in a row.

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Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.922/193.40, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.911/193.24, Was #5
Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.895/194.46, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.876/195.39, Was #1

Again, no improvement, but Hector Jr. once again is quickest of the session, by a thousandth over Pollacheck.

With one qualifying session to go, Hector Arana Jr. is still #1, at 6.876, and Shawn Gann is on the bump spot at 6.960.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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