Fri, 27 Oct 2017, 19:53 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 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 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: Andie Rawlings Runs 7.899/165.90, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.991/166.97, Was #25

4:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 17 percent, barometer 27.83 inches, adjusted altitude 4,619 feet, track temperature 108 degrees.

Rawlings picks up a little over the previous run but is still well off the pace.

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Left Lane: Scott Bottorff Runs 7.183/184.77, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.203/180.26, Was #23
Right Lane: Mark Paquette Runs 7.175/182.77, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.226/180.38, Was #24

Paquette both improve but not enough to get in the show.

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Left Lane: Lance Bonham No Time, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.190/185.69, Was #24
Right Lane: David Hope Runs 7.158/182.08, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.149/181.64, Was #20

Bonham got out of the groove, drifted to the right and took out a couple of timing blocks at half track. Hope made a clean pass but did not improve.

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Left Lane: Cory Reed Runs 7.130/184.80, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.173/184.04, Was #21
Right Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.977/191.73, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.142/191.27, Was #17

Savoie makes a good pass and improves to the fourth spot. Reed improves but just misses getting into the show.

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Left Lane: Charles Sullivan Runs 7.090/186.92, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.143/185.54, Was #20
Right Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.067/189.66, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.136/172.47, Was #18

Camarena goes right down the groove with a good pass and gets in the field in the 11th spot. Sullivan improves and gets in the show bumping out Katie Sullivan.

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Left Lane: Ron Tornow Runs 7.111/187.68, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.143/186.05, Was #20
Right Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.043/189.71, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.111/187.23, Was #17

Sullivan improves and gets back in the field to the 11th spot. Tornow improves but not enough to get in the field.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.055/188.60, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.126/184.83, Was #19
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 7.053/185.59, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.100/185.21, Was #17

Sampey makes a good pass and gets in the show in the 12th spot for now. Johnson improves and gets back in the show in the 13th spot.

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Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.936/191.76, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.095/190.62, Was #18
Right Lane: John Hall No Time, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.084/186.69, Was #15

Hall does not make a pass. Krawiec goes right down the groove with an impressive pass and takes the top spot for now.

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Left Lane: Melissa Surber Runs 7.026/188.67, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.085/186.79, Was #17
Right Lane: Matt Smith No Time, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.039/189.02, Was #11

Smith was in the water box but pushed the bike back. He said they heard something funny when they fired up the engine and decided not to make a pass. Surber goes right down the groove with a good pass to get in the tenth spot.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.940/191.87, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.980/192.55, Was #6
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 6.998/189.39, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.029/184.09, Was #11

Arana makes a good pass and moves up to the second spot for now. Berry improves and gets in the top half of the field.

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Left Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.983/190.92, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.970/190.38, Was #5
Right Lane: Joey Gladstone Runs 9.713/86.64, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.017/189.12, Was #10

Gladstone gets about 400 feet out and the engine goes silent, not sure why. Smith makes a decent pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 6.958/189.66, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.961/190.48, Was #4
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.002/189.12, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.014/189.73, Was #9

Pollacheck improves and moves up a spot to third. Stoffer improves a little but not enough to move up in the order.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.955/193.82, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.959/192.85, Was #4
Right Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.986/191.00, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.993/190.78, Was #7

Hines makes a good pass and improves to the third spot. Tonglet improves but stays in the seventh spot.

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