Sun, 06 Sep 2015, 11:22 AM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #4

By David Gerard

BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Notes from round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. 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: Lance Bonham Runs 7.437/183.49, Now #13; No Prior Run

11:00 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.20 inches, adjusted altitude 3,317 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Chip Ellis is number one at 6.862. Bonham struggles and can't match yesterday's pace.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.903/195.73, Now #4; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 7.011/189.52, Now #14; No Prior Run

Two strong passes and both bike make good moves up the ladder. Arana to the top four and Smith improves on her prior best.

Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.092 sec., 330ft-2.902, 660ft-4.428/160.44 mph, 1,000ft-5.761.
Angie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.098 sec., 330ft-2.914, 660ft-4.468/157.26 mph, 1,000ft-5.832.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.074/188.70, Now #16; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 6.998/191.21, Now #14; No Prior Run

Harris is just 0.001 better than yesterday, but sets the bump spot. Nice improvement for Pollacheck, but not likely to last.

Redell Harris' incremental times: 60ft-1.120 sec., 330ft-2.959, 660ft-4.519/156.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.891.
Scotty Pollacheck's incremental times: 60ft-1.086 sec., 330ft-2.913, 660ft-4.468/156.92 mph, 1,000ft-5.830.

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Left Lane: Chaz Kennedy Runs 6.978/192.19, Now #12; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.075/188.46, Now #18; No Prior Run

Kennedy finds some ET and moves up to the new #12 spot.

Berry matches his prior best and will still not get into the show.

Chaz Kennedy's incremental times: 60ft-1.085 sec., 330ft-2.913, 660ft-4.461/157.74 mph, 1,000ft-5.815.
Mike Berry's incremental times: 60ft-1.105 sec., 330ft-2.947, 660ft-4.513/155.63 mph, 1,000ft-5.890.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.967/191.08, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.990/190.92, Was #13
Right Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 6.952/193.63, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.990/187.91, Was #14

Angie Smith is on the bump spot at 7.011.

Both bikes make better passes. Stoffer gets one spot and Underdahl jumps up five spot to near the top half of the field.

Karen Stoffer's incremental times: 60ft-1.076 sec., 330ft-2.890, 660ft-4.441/157.50 mph, 1,000ft-5.799.
Jim Underdahl's incremental times: 60ft-1.101 sec., 330ft-2.904, 660ft-4.443/158.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.795.

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 6.962/191.76, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.977/190.24, Was #13
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.900/191.67, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.952/189.84, Was #10

Smith puts the Victory power to the track and thunders into the top four.

Gann is a little quicker and moves him up one spot.

Shawn Gann's incremental times: 60ft-1.072 sec., 330ft-2.892, 660ft-4.443/157.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.798.
Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.058 sec., 330ft-2.850, 660ft-4.386/158.95 mph, 1,000ft-5.735.

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Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 6.899/193.65, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.958/190.54, Was #11
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.946/194.21, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.915/193.02, Was #8

Sampey gets all of the numbers right and makes a seven position move into the top four.

That pushes Johnson back a spot to out of the top half.

Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-1.067 sec., 330ft-2.868, 660ft-4.401/159.44 mph, 1,000ft-5.745.
Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.119 sec., 330ft-2.922, 660ft-4.455/159.70 mph, 1,000ft-5.795.

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Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.905/195.45, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.941/193.46, Was #10
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 7.097/193.90, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.908/191.57, Was #8

Clean pass for Tonglet gets him in the top half of the show and pushes a slowing Krawiec out.

LE Tonglet's incremental times: 60ft-1.077 sec., 330ft-2.892, 660ft-4.423/159.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.760.
Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.122 sec., 330ft-3.038, 660ft-4.599/158.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.945.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.979/195.65, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.903/194.13, Was #7
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.886/193.49, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.879/193.29, Was #2

Hines makes the best run of the round, so far.

Arana is off of yesterday's best.

Hector Arana Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.118 sec., 330ft-2.949, 660ft-4.491/159.02 mph, 1,000ft-5.833.
Andrew Hines' incremental times: 60ft-1.065 sec., 330ft-2.852, 660ft-4.387/159.29 mph, 1,000ft-5.731.

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Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.900/194.49, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.896/194.35, Was #3
Right Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.855/195.73, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.862/193.63, Was #1

Savoie is just 0.004 off his prior best to stay #3.

Ellis makes the best pass of the session to move the top spot up a notch.

Jerry Savoie's incremental times: 60ft-1.068 sec., 330ft-2.875, 660ft-4.409/159.46 mph, 1,000ft-5.750.
Chip Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.067 sec., 330ft-2.864, 660ft-4.383/160.88 mph, 1,000ft-5.712.

11:16 a.m. Angie Smith is on the bump spot at 7.011.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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