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Fri, 13 Oct 2023, 17:27 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals listing lane, rider name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 13.377/57.65, Now #1

4:02 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 37 percent, barometer 29.85 inches, adjusted altitude 2,435 feet.

Hale is making his first appearance since 2009.

Hale hits the throttle, spins the tire, makes a move to the left and gives up on the run.

Left Lane: Malcolm Phillips Jr. Runs 7.179/190.94, Now #1
Right Lane: Richard Gadson No Time, Now #3

Gadson did not make a pass.

Phillips goes down the groove with a clean pass to start his weekend.

Left Lane: Cory Reed Runs 7.146/193.33, Now #1
Right Lane: Joey Gladstone No Time, Now #5

Gladstone does his burnout, the engine dies and he can't get it re-started.

Reed was sluggish off of the line, a 1.234 sixty foot time, and it shows in his ET.

Left Lane: John Hall Runs 6.952/195.81, Now #1
Right Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.963/192.50, Now #2

Hall goes down the groove with a decent pass and he takes the early pole. Oehler makes a clean pass and gets in just behind in the second spot for now.

Left Lane: Chris Bostick Runs 6.877/195.27, Now #1
Right Lane: Kelly Clontz Runs 6.914/195.33, Now #2

Bostick makes a clean, straight pass and moves into the top spot for now. Clontz spun the tire a little off of the line but still made a decent pass to get in the second spot for now.

Left Lane: Marc Ingwersen Runs 10.876/76.04, Now #8
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.930/194.78, Now #3

Ingwersen gets about 100 feet out, the engine hits the rev limiter and doesn't change gears. Johnson makes a decent pass but was a little slow early in the run.

Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.091 sec., 330ft-2.903, 660ft-4.432/159.67 mph, 1,000ft-5.777.

Left Lane: Jianna Evaristo Runs 6.876/196.74, Now #1
Right Lane: Chase Van Sant Runs 6.912/195.08, Now #3

Evaristo makes the quickest pass of the round so far and takes the top spot for now. Van Sant was quicker to sixty feet than Evaristo but slowed a little near the end of the run.

Jianna Evaristo's incremental times: 60ft-1.093 sec., 330ft-2.879, 660ft-4.400/161.05 mph, 1,000ft-5.734.

Chase Van Sant's incremental times: 60ft-1.065 sec., 330ft-2.876, 660ft-4.410/159.20 mph, 1,000ft-5.759.

Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.734/202.15, Now #1
Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.920/194.51, Now #6

Krawiec makes an impressive pass and takes the pole for now. Arana was a little slow early in the run.

Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.872/197.27, Now #3
Right Lane: Gaige Herrera Runs 6.716/201.34, Now #1

Smith makes a decent pass and gets in the third spot for now. Herrera goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round and sets the track record to take the pole to end this session.

Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.084 sec., 330ft-2.871, 660ft-4.396/160.58 mph, 1,000ft-5.732.

Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.038 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.291/163.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.599.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink