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Sun, 06 Sep 2026, 18:11 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session
By Dave Rowe





INDIANAPOLIS - Notes from final, round 5 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:
Left Lane: Mark Paquette Runs 15.358/48.60, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.158/179.83, Was #19

5:48 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 42 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,858 feet.

Paquette had problems shifting into gear and had to give up on the run.

Left Lane: Chris Bostick Runs 8.941/98.17, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.982/193.24, Was #16
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.164/192.17, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.091/192.06, Was #18

Bostick gets about 1000 feet out and is off of the throttle. Arana makes a full pass but doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 6.925/195.65, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.948/194.88, Was #14
Right Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.125/185.59, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.085/187.42, Was #17

Scali goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 11th spot. Wells makes a decent run but doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Malcolm Phillips Jr. Runs 6.925/195.08, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.930/195.42, Was #13
Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 14.593/48.85, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.967/194.04, Was #15

Phillips makes his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up a spot to 12th. Arana leaves the line, the front of the bike starts moving up and down, then he backs off of the throttle.

Left Lane: Marc Ingwersen Runs 6.944/193.49, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.928/193.54, Was #13

Ingwersen makes another good run but he doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Clayton Howey Runs 6.865/194.77, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.881/194.91, Was #8
Right Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.825/197.57, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.897/194.46, Was #10

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with good runs. Howey improves and moves up a spot to seventh. Oehler makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to fourth.

Clayton Howey's incremental times: 60ft-1.061 sec., 330ft-2.858, 660ft-4.382/160.33 mph, 1,000ft-5.718.

Ryan Oehler's incremental times: 60ft-1.084 sec., 330ft-2.859, 660ft-4.371/161.71 mph, 1,000ft-5.692.

Left Lane: Chase Van Sant Runs 6.881/196.96, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.861/196.67, Was #6
Right Lane: Michael Ray Runs 6.893/196.67, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.894/196.70, Was #11

Van Sant makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. Ray improves a little and moves up one spot in the order.

Left Lane: Angie Smith No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.787/198.50, Was #3
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.878/187.18, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.876/194.30, Was #9

Smith hits the throttle, moves about 10 feet and the bike dies. Johnson goes down the groove with a good run but he doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.757/200.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.782/198.06, Was #2
Right Lane: Richard Gadson Runs 6.818/197.86, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.875/195.99, Was #8

Smith goes down the groove with the quickest and fastest run of the weekend, the first 200 MPH run, and he moves up to the top spot. Gadson makes his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the fourth spot.

Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.066 sec., 330ft-2.839, 660ft-4.341/163.57 mph, 1,000ft-5.644.

Richard Gadson's incremental times: 60ft-1.055 sec., 330ft-2.844, 660ft-4.363/161.23 mph, 1,000ft-5.686.

Left Lane: Gaige Herrera Runs 6.806/198.00, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.781/198.79, Was #2
Right Lane: John Hall Runs 6.841/197.22, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.830/198.03, Was #6

Herrera makes a decent run but he doesn't improve. Same story for Hall, a good run but no improvement.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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