Sat, 13 Apr 2013, 18:18 PM Pro Extreme Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

CECIL, Ga. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Pro Extreme Motorcycle at the 2013 ADRL Tour presented by Speedtech, Hardee's Georgia Drags VII 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:

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Left Lane: Scott Gray Runs 4.290/167.99, Now #7; Best prior run: 4.169/168.22, Was #7
Right Lane: Kim Morrell Runs 4.789/108.15, Now #22; No Prior Run

4:49 p.m. Monte Campbell is on the bump spot at 4.241. She had a good start, with a 1.04 60-foot time and a 2.794 at 330 feet, but the bike slowed on the top end and she did not make the field.

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Left Lane: Terry Wynn No Time, Now #17; Best prior run: 4.267/156.46, Was #17
Right Lane: Monte Campbell Runs 5.490/89.74, Now #16; Best prior run: 4.241/158.69, Was #16

Wynn staged, but did not move when the light went green. Campbell got off the starting line okay, but got way over next to the centerline and spun the tire.

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Left Lane: Jay Fisher No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 4.175/166.37, Was #8
Right Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 4.256/161.17, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.205/172.98, Was #11

Fisher broke at the line. Schnitz made a clean pass, a few hundredths slower than his previous two runs.

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Left Lane: Dave Norris Runs 4.177/170.97, Now #6; Best prior run: 4.143/171.45, Was #5
Right Lane: Travis Davis Runs 4.113/171.99, Now #5; Best prior run: 4.150/172.28, Was #6

Two nice runs, Davis improving slightly and moving up a spot. However, one of the bikes lost an exhaust pipe on the top end.

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Left Lane: Tyler Wilson Runs 6.512/69.77, Now #24; Best prior run: 6.560/69.04, Was #24
Right Lane: Jack Young Runs 4.320/164.95, Now #18; Best prior run: 4.348/164.97, Was #18

Wilson's Buell once again bucked and snorted. Young improved slightly, but not enough to make the field.

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Left Lane: Ashley Owens Runs 4.124/172.98, Now #1; Best prior run: 4.074/173.61, Was #1
Right Lane: Richard Gadson Runs 4.213/169.25, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.222/170.75, Was #14

Gadson improved slightly, Owens did not, nothing changed on the ladder.

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Left Lane: Charlie Prophit Runs 4.193/167.55, Now #11; Best prior run: 4.459/146.59, Was #20
Right Lane: Mantez Thompson Runs 4.211/168.22, Now #14; Best prior run: 4.212/167.99, Was #13

Prophit & his crew got the problems sorted out and he made the kind of run expected when he comes up to race - straight and smooth. He bumped Monte Campbell from the field and pushed Thompson down one spot. Thompson improved over his prior best, but only by a thousandth and that was not enough to hang on to his spot in the order.

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Left Lane: T.T. Jones Runs 4.265/164.01, Now #18; Best prior run: 9.727/39.92, Was #25
Right Lane: Ronald Procopio Runs 4.141/172.92, Now #4; Best prior run: 4.110/173.05, Was #4

Jones also stepped way up on his final qualifying shot, but he came up a couple spots short of the field. Procopio made his third good run of the day, but did not improve.

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Left Lane: Brunson Grothus Runs 4.200/168.30, Now #9; Best prior run: 4.179/168.28, Was #9
Right Lane: Terry Schweigert Runs 4.207/168.35, Now #3; Best prior run: 4.097/171.38, Was #3

Schweigert was leaning way over to stay off the wall.

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Left Lane: Eric McKinney Runs 4.079/174.30, Now #2; Best prior run: 4.083/173.43, Was #2
Right Lane: John Collins Runs 4.368/163.16, Now #21; Best prior run: 4.474/157.87, Was #22

McKinney came through with his best run of the day, but it wasn't enough to move Ashley Owens out of the #1 spot. Collins also improved, by a tenth, but he was still well short of the field.

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Left Lane: Paul Gast Runs 4.187/170.13, Now #10; Best prior run: 4.378/144.13, Was #22

Gast made an amazing run to bump into the field, bumping Dave Vantine from the field.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink