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COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern 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: Michael Ray Runs 6.979/192.96, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.342/145.80, Was #24 4:23 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 39 percent, barometer 29.11 inches, adjusted altitude 3,141 feet, track temperature 126 degrees. Ray makes a
full pass this time but doesn't get in the show. Left Lane: Lance Bonham Runs 7.310/183.17, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.256/184.65, Was #24 Right Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 15.127/45.97, Now #25; Best prior run: 14.659/47.01, Was #25 Underdahl's engine bogs off the line and he is off the throttle early. He doesn't qualify for the first time since 2013. Bonham makes a clean pass but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Brian Pretzel Runs 7.049/181.86, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.070/191.57, Was #22 Right Lane: Chaz Kennedy Runs 7.093/187.50, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.132/188.67, Was #23 Pretzel makes his best pass of the weekend but will not make the show. Kennedy improves a little but will not be racing tomorrow. Left Lane: David Hope Runs 7.052/188.49, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.038/189.58, Was #21 Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.159/158.82, Now #19; Best prior run: 6.993/190.54, Was #19 Berry was drifting to the left all the way through the run but had to back off the throttle to keep the bike off of the centerline. Hope makes a clean pass but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.069/190.00, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.004/189.79, Was #20 Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.996/185.87, Now #17; Best prior run: 6.973/189.84, Was #17 Smith gets about 200 feet out, the front wheel starts bouncing up and down and she can't improve. DeSantis slows from his earlier attempt and will not make the show. Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.986/191.00, Now #16; Best prior run: 6.973/190.14, Was #16 Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 12.955/59.40, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.962/190.54, Was #15 Smith gets about 300 feet out and the bike goes silent, not sure why. Johnson makes a decent pass but will stay on the bump spot. Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.895/193.85, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.895/193.85, Was #3 Right Lane: Cory Reed Runs 7.017/185.72, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.952/190.38, Was #14 Savoie goes right down the groove with an impressive pass for the conditions and moves all the way to the third spot. Reed doesn't improve but will be racing tomorrow. Left Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 7.752/126.23, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.936/191.73, Was #12 Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.953/193.57, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.944/194.74, Was #13 Pollacheck has problems after half track and backs off the throttle, not sure why. Phillips makes a decent pass for the conditions but doesn't improve. Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 11.443/60.41, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.933/192.69, Was #11 Right Lane: Melissa Surber Runs 7.152/187.00, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.932/190.30, Was #10 Gann had problems and was off the throttle early. Surber made a clean pass but slowed from her earlier attempt. Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.926/193.02, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.930/193.18, Was #9 Right Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.920/192.63, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.910/193.63, Was #6 Arana makes his quickest pass of the weekend and moves up a spot in the order. Tonglet doesn't improve and will stay in the sixth spot. Left Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.955/192.88, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.929/192.25, Was #9 Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.941/192.25, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.907/193.82, Was #5 Arana doesn't improve and he will be racing his father in the first round tomorrow. No improvement for Stoffer and she stays in the fifth spot. Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.880/193.71, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.911/194.80, Was #7 Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.951/191.48, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.898/192.22, Was #4 Krawiec makes an impressive run, the quickest of the round so far, and he moves up to the second spot in the order. Hines slows and drops a spot as Krawiec goes around him. Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 6.876/192.96, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.865/193.32, Was #1 Right Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 9.084/96.53, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.895/194.04, Was #3 Sampey runs low ET of the round and stays in the top spot. This is the first time she has qualified number one since the second Las Vegas in 2008. She was inactive from 2009 to 2014 and was entered in only 15 races since then. This is her 46th number one qualifying effort. Ellis has
problems and is off the throttle early.
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