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LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 18th 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: Left Lane: Maurice Allen Runs 7.217/180.57, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.195/183.39, Was #22 Right Lane: Anthony Vanetti Runs 7.185/184.70, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.153/184.09, Was #21 1:57 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 88 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.91 inches, adjusted altitude 4,678 feet, track temperature 110 degrees. Allen slows from his earlier attempt and he won't be racing tomorrow. Vanetti doesn't improve and will not make the qualified field. Left Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.043/190.08, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.040/191.57, Was #20 Right Lane: Cory Reed Runs 7.097/190.06, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.020/190.59, Was #19 Camarena improves a little but not enough to get in the show. Reed slows and will not make the field. Left Lane: Mark Paquette Runs 7.049/187.81, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.990/189.52, Was #16 Right Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.066/189.98, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.000/192.74, Was #18 Paquette slows from his earlier attempt and he stays on the bump. Sullivan can't improve and will not make the show. Left Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.980/193.49, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.988/193.52, Was #15 Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.050/188.04, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.991/190.51, Was #17 Oehler makes the first run in the sixes this round and he moves up a spot in the order. Stoffer slows and does not make the field. Left Lane: Ron Tornow Runs 7.011/188.04, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.987/189.98, Was #15 Right Lane: Kelly Clontz Runs 7.133/188.60, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.972/190.97, Was #13 Tornow makes a clean pass but doesn't improve. Clontz slows from her earlier attempts and stays in the 13th spot. Left Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 7.008/189.04, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.963/190.89, Was #12 Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 10.386/78.84, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.931/195.17, Was #8 Smith gets about 400 feet out, the engine goes on the rev limiter and he has to abort the run. Pollacheck doesn't improve and stays in the 12th spot. Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 6.972/191.08, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.953/191.73, Was #11 Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.003/189.50, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.926/189.39, Was #7 Sampey makes the quickest pass of the round so far but doesn't improve. Johnson slows and will stay in the seventh spot. Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.962/192.55, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.953/191.87, Was #10 Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.968/190.51, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.921/191.19, Was #6 A good side-by-side, both right down the groove with the quickest passes of the round so far. Neither rider improves, Savoie stays in the tenth spot, Smith in sixth. Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.958/192.93, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.931/194.32, Was #9 Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.986/191.67, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.911/193.43, Was #5 Tonglet makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. Hines slows from his previous attempt. Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.937/192.52, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.899/194.60, Was #4 Right Lane: Hector Arana No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.863/194.88, Was #3 Ellis makes a clean pass, the quickest of the round so far, but he doesn't improve. Arana gets out of the groove, drifts to the left, then he takes out the timing block at the end of the track. Left Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.871/195.25, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.845/196.44, Was #1 Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.901/194.60, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.859/195.65, Was #2 Arana makes the quickest pass of the round and will pick up three bonus points. Krawiec makes a decent pass but he doesn't improve.
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