After losing the final round of NHRA Full Throttle Series Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying Saturday
at Raceway Park due to rain, 2003 event winner Shawn Gann enters Sunday's United Association NHRA
SuperNationals eliminations in the 11th spot. He and his XTreme Rebellion/RumBum Buell will face
Karen Stoffer in the first round.
Gann ran an ET of 7.101 with a speed of 182.55 mph during Q1 Saturday, which was slower than his ET
of 7.069 on Friday. The North Carolina native won this event six years ago from the pole position
and is confident about his changes Sunday.
"I feel good about it," Gann said. "My XTreme Rebellion/RumBum team have this Buell set up after
rebuilding the engine this past week. We're eighth in points right now and I think we're going to
win some rounds tomorrow and move up."
Gatornationals winner Hank Arana earned top qualifier honors in the PSM class Saturday, running a
6.965 at 189.87 mph. He will face Gann's RumBum Racing teammate Bailey Whittaker in the opening
round of eliminations.
For more information about the United Association NHRA SuperNationals at Raceway Park in
Englishtown, N.J., visit them on the Web at ETownRaceway.com. Eliminations kick off at 11 a.m.
Sunday morning and air at 10 p.m. EST Sunday on ESPN2, re-airing Wednesday at 2 a.m. EST. The race
can be heard via live streaming Sunday at NHRA.com.
Fans can follow Shawn Gann at Twitter.com/ShawnGann or on his page on Facebook.
