Sat, 26 Sep 2015, 18:02 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest 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: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 7.039/189.73, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.028/191.32, Was #15
Right Lane: Brian Pretzel Runs 7.016/191.43, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.109/190.86, Was #16

4:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 2,208 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.

Pretzel improves on his earlier attempt and moves up a spot to 15th. Pollacheck slows and drops a spot to 16th.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.303/142.19, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.984/192.03, Was #14
Right Lane: Chaz Kennedy Runs 6.960/190.43, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.950/192.41, Was #10

Smith drifted to the left early and got close to the wall near the end of the run. Kennedy makes a clean pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Adam Arana Runs 6.929/193.40, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.955/193.05, Was #13
Right Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 11.034/73.75, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.926/195.48, Was #9

Underdahl makes a move toward the wall, gets about 400 feet out and backs off the throttle. Arana makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the tenth spot.

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Left Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.998/187.47, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.953/189.20, Was #13
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 12.380/61.49, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.889/195.22, Was #8

Arana hits the throttle and makes a move to the left. he gets close to the centerline about 300 feet out and has to give up on the run.Smith makes a clean pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 6.916/191.38, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.953/191.54, Was #12
Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.924/196.07, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.886/196.16, Was #7

Berry makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the ninth spot. Arana makes a clean pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.861/195.65, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.878/194.88, Was #6
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.885/195.73, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.852/195.34, Was #3

Krawiec goes down the roove with his quickest pass of the weekend to move up a spot to fifth. Johnson doesn't improve and stays in the third spot.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.893/195.93, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.868/196.44, Was #6
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.839/195.87, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.842/196.47, Was #2

Hines makes an impressive pass, the quickest of the round so far. Stoffer makes a clean pass but slows from her earlier attempt and will stay in the sixth spot.

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Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.856/194.69, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.857/194.49, Was #4
Right Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.918/195.99, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.832/196.50, Was #1

Ellis makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. Savoie slows from his earlier attempt but will stay in the top spot, his first number one this year and the second in his career.

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