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LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: Andie Rawlings Runs 7.926/129.27, Now #16; Best prior run: 10.117/82.06, Was #17 3:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 7 percent, barometer 28.03 inches, adjusted altitude 3,369 feet, track temperature 88 degrees. Rawlings gets out of the groove, drifts to the left, then backs off the throttle about 800 feet out. Left Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 6.924/194.16, Now #7; Best prior run: 9.579/92.20, Was #17 Right Lane: Melissa Surber Runs 6.991/189.66, Now #11; No Prior Run Pollacheck makes a full pass this time and moves up to the seventh spot for now. Surber makes her first pass of the weekend and gets in the show in the 11th spot for now. Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 7.043/192.00, Now #13; Best prior run: 12.037/67.41, Was #19 Arana makes a little better move off of the line but is still a little off the pace. He improves and gets in the 13th spot for now. Left Lane: Ron Tornow Runs 7.590/166.05, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.048/182.92, Was #14 Right Lane: Eiji Kawakami No Time, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.180/188.20, Was #18 Tornow was on a decent pass but was out of power early, not sure why. Kawakami hit the throttle, the bike bogged and then shut down. He had to be pushed off of the track. Left Lane: Kelly Clontz Runs 6.991/190.86, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.023/190.19, Was #12 Right Lane: Jianna Salinas Runs 9.481/91.83, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.075/188.57, Was #17 Clontz goes down the groove with a good pass and she moves up to the 11th spot. Salinas made a move toward the wall and was off of the throttle early. Left Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.942/194.55, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.948/195.08, Was #9 Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.029/193.74, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.050/193.54, Was #16 Oehler makes his best pass of the day but he doesn't improve enough to move up in the order. Arana has a little better sixty foot time, a 1.105, but he is still a little off of the pace. Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.907/194.86, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.927/194.74, Was #8 Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.953/193.05, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.949/191.38, Was #10 Hines improves and moves up to the seventh spot. Smith slows from her earlier attempt and stays in the tenth spot. Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.894/194.46, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.897/194.24, Was #6 Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.915/195.08, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.896/195.22, Was #5 Savoie improves a little and moves up a spot in the order. Stoffer slows and drops a spot as Savoie goes around her. Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 6.976/190.19, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.877/193.90, Was #3 Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.927/195.14, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.880/196.07, Was #4 Sampey slows from her earlier attempt and stays in the third spot. Krawiec was a little sluggish off the line and slowed from his earlier attempt. Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.884/198.67, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.842/198.64, Was #1 Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.878/193.65, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.872/193.93, Was #2 Smith makes another good pass but he doesn't improve. Johnson makes the quickest pass of the round but he doesn't improve. Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.108 sec., 330ft-2.915, 660ft-4.436/161.15 mph, 1,000ft-5.756. Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.063 sec., 330ft-2.868, 660ft-4.396/160.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.730.
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