Fri, 27 Oct 2017, 17:21 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals listing lane, rider name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.111/187.23, Now #1
Right Lane: Scott Bottorff Runs 7.203/180.26, Now #2

2:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 27.88 inches, adjusted altitude 4,577 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

This is Sullivan's first race since Sonoma last year.

Sullivan makes a clean pass to set the early pace. Bottorff makes a clean pass and is in for now.

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Left Lane: John Hall Runs 7.084/186.69, Now #1
Right Lane: Ron Tornow Runs 7.143/186.05, Now #3

Hall makes a clean pass to get in the top spot for now, Tornow gets in third for now.

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Left Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.136/172.47, Now #3
Right Lane: Charles Sullivan Runs 7.143/185.54, Now #5

Camarena has problems late in the run and is out of power early. Sullivan makes a full pass to get in the fifth spot for now.

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Left Lane: Mark Paquette Runs 7.226/180.38, Now #8
Right Lane: Lance Bonham Runs 7.190/185.69, Now #6

Bonham makes a clean pass and gets in the sixth spot for now. Paquette makes a full pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

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Left Lane: David Hope Runs 7.149/181.64, Now #6
Right Lane: Andie Rawlings Runs 7.991/166.97, Now #10

Rawlings bike was sluggish all the way through the run. Hope makes a full pass and gets in the sixth spot for now.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 10.777/76.33, Now #12
Right Lane: Melissa Surber Runs 7.085/186.79, Now #2

Arana leaves the line, drifts a little to the right, then backs off the throttle about 400 feet out, not sure why. Surber makes a clean pass to get in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.029/184.09, Now #1
Right Lane: Cory Reed Runs 7.173/184.04, Now #9

Reed drifted to the left early and had to lean on the bike to keep it off the centerline. Berry makes the quickest pass of the round so far to take the top spot for now.

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Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 7.100/185.21, Now #4
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.126/184.83, Now #6

Sampey makes a clean pass and gets in the fourth spot for now. Johnson was falling back all the way through the run.

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Left Lane: Joey Gladstone Runs 7.017/189.12, Now #2
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.970/190.38, Now #1

Smith goes right down the groove with the first pass in the sixes to take the top spot for now. Gladstone makes a decent pass to get in the second spot for now.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.014/189.73, Now #3
Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.980/192.55, Now #2

Arana Jr. is the second rider in the sixes and he gets in the second spot for now. Stoffer makes a decent pass and gets in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.039/189.02, Now #7
Right Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 6.961/190.48, Now #1

Pollacheck makes a good run for the conditions and takes the top spot for now. Smith makes a clean pass but was well off the pace.

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Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 7.142/191.27, Now #15
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.959/192.85, Now #1

Hines goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far to take the pole for now. Savoie was falling back all the way through the run.

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Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.993/190.78, Now #5
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 7.095/190.62, Now #12

Tonglet makes a decent pass and gets in the fifth spot to end this session. Krawiec's bike was a little sluggish all the way through the run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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