Sat, 17 Oct 2026, 12:34 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 41st annual Texas NHRA FallNationals 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: John Hall Runs 8.856/99.02, Now #17; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.624/176.88, Now #12; Best prior run: 17.450/40.42, Was #16

11:13 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 30.52 inches, adjusted altitude 88 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Hall has problems off of the line and clicks it off early. Hale makes a clean pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 7.745/192.97, Now #14; Best prior run: 64.999/0.00, Was #18
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.969/192.20, Now #7; Best prior run: 8.667/174.53, Was #16

Arana Jr. bogged off of the line but he makes a full pass and gets in the 14th spot for now. Arana Sr. makes a good pass and moves up to the seventh spot for now.

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Left Lane: Chris Bostick Runs 6.944/192.75, Now #8; Best prior run: 8.182/111.79, Was #17
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.750/199.17, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.252/154.34, Was #12

Bostick makes a decent pass and gets in the top half of the field for now. Johnson makes a good run and moves all the way up to the fourth spot for now.

Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.082 sec., 330ft-2.822, 660ft-4.310/163.70 mph, 1,000ft-5.624.

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Left Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.737/200.20, Now #4; Best prior run: 8.156/110.72, Was #17
Right Lane: Malcolm Phillips Jr. Runs 6.867/194.12, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.033/170.07, Was #12

Oehler goes down the groove with a good run and moves up to the fourth spot for now. Phillips improves and moves up to the eighth spot.

Ryan Oehler's incremental times: 60ft-1.075 sec., 330ft-2.826, 660ft-4.310/164.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.616.

Malcolm Phillips Jr.'s incremental times: 60ft-1.074 sec., 330ft-2.854, 660ft-4.372/160.78 mph, 1,000ft-5.713.

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Left Lane: Richard Gadson Runs 6.692/202.07, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.794/124.56, Was #17
Right Lane: Marc Ingwersen Runs 6.828/194.92, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.997/195.09, Was #12

Gadson goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far and he moves up to the second spot. ingwersen makes a decent run and improves to the ninth spot.

Richard Gadson's incremental times: 60ft-1.045 sec., 330ft-2.797, 660ft-4.280/165.08 mph, 1,000ft-5.580.

Marc Ingwersen's incremental times: 60ft-1.063 sec., 330ft-2.829, 660ft-4.342/160.89 mph, 1,000ft-5.679.

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Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 6.956/196.79, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.050/190.52, Was #15
Right Lane: Chase Van Sant Runs 6.718/201.58, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.790/198.47, Was #8

Tonglet's bike was a little lazy out of the gate, a 1.123 60 foot time, but he improves and moves up to the 13th spot. Van Sant makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up to the fourth spot for now.

Chase Van Sant's incremental times: 60ft-1.059 sec., 330ft-2.819, 660ft-4.302/164.96 mph, 1,000ft-5.604.

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Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 6.830/200.18, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.009/186.39, Was #15
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.689/201.53, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.725/202.28, Was #5

Scali improves and moves up to the tenth spot. Smith makes the quickest pass of the round so far and moves up to the second spot.

Angie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.071 sec., 330ft-2.807, 660ft-4.278/166.16 mph, 1,000ft-5.576.

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Left Lane: Clayton Howey Runs 6.753/199.21, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.880/170.62, Was #12
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.673/204.61, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.709/201.86, Was #4

Howey improves and moves up to the eighth spot for now. Smith makes the quickest pass of the round so far and takes over the top spot for now. Smith's speed sets the track record.

Clayton Howey's incremental times: 60ft-1.066 sec., 330ft-2.823, 660ft-4.316/163.46 mph, 1,000ft-5.628.

Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.071 sec., 330ft-2.815, 660ft-4.289/166.09 mph, 1,000ft-5.575.

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Left Lane: Joey Gladstone Runs 6.653/202.89, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.768/198.50, Was #9
Right Lane: Gaige Herrera Runs 6.657/203.15, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.676/202.22, Was #2

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with the two quickest passes of the weekend. Gladstone runs a career best ET, the eighth quickest in PSB history, and he takes the top spot. Herrera is right behind and gets in the second spot to end this session.

Joey Gladstone's incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.260/167.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.548.

Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.040 sec., 330ft-2.788, 660ft-4.261/166.20 mph, 1,000ft-5.552.




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