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Sat, 05 Sep 2026, 20:40 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Dave Rowe

INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. 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:

Right Lane: Mark Paquette Runs 7.158/179.83, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.222/173.36, Was #16

8:05 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 75 percent, barometer 29.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,556 feet.

Paquette goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend but he stays on the bump spot.

Left Lane: John Hall Runs 6.921/194.94, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.910/195.65, Was #5
Right Lane: Malcolm Phillips Jr. Runs 6.976/192.08, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.238/179.95, Was #17

Hall makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. Phillips makes a full pass and he gets in the show in the tenth spot, bumping out Paquette.

Left Lane: Michael Ray Runs 12.856/42.97, Now #19; Best prior run: 10.841/72.94, Was #19
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.043/192.44, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.002/194.27, Was #13

Ray has problems about 200 feet out and is off of the throttle. Scali makes a full pass but doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.822/167.88, Now #18; Best prior run: 10.245/120.53, Was #18
Right Lane: Chris Bostick No Time, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.994/190.73, Was #12

Johnson has problems early in the run. Bostick drifts to the left early gets on the centerline and his run is disqualified.

Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.218/188.94, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.091/192.06, Was #16
Right Lane: Marc Ingwersen Runs 7.083/189.26, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.983/192.63, Was #11

Arana makes a full pass but slows from his earlier run. Ingwersen is off of the throttle early.

Left Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.113/187.00, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.085/187.42, Was #15
Right Lane: Clayton Howey Runs 6.886/194.35, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.973/194.66, Was #9

Wells slows from his earlier attempt and stays in the 15th spot. Howey goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the fourth spot.

Clayton Howey's incremental times: 60ft-1.050 sec., 330ft-2.854, 660ft-4.393/159.12 mph, 1,000ft-5.734.

Left Lane: Kelly Clontz Runs 7.000/192.41, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.947/193.38, Was #7
Right Lane: Chase Van Sant Runs 6.971/193.27, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.954/195.82, Was #8

Clontz slows and doesn't improve. Van Sant makes a full pass but doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.927/193.18, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.007/193.63, Was #14
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.963/196.22, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.905/196.64, Was #5

Oehler makes his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the seventh spot. Smith makes a decent pass but doesn't improve.

Ryan Oehler's incremental times: 60ft-1.076 sec., 330ft-2.883, 660ft-4.424/159.10 mph, 1,000ft-5.769.

Left Lane: Hector Arana Jr No Time, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.967/194.04, Was #10
Right Lane: Matt Smith No Time, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.858/199.26, Was #1

Smith drifts to the left, then takes out the timing block at the end of the track. He was out in front of Arana so neither time will count.

Left Lane: Richard Gadson Runs 6.910/194.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.875/195.99, Was #3
Right Lane: Gaige Herrera Runs 6.842/196.50, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.858/196.99, Was #2

Gadson makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. Herrera goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend to take the top spot.

Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.046 sec., 330ft-2.844, 660ft-4.372/160.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.703.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink