Sat, 15 Jul 2006, 07:31 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA 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:

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Left Lane: Buddy Robinson Runs 7.588/175.43, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.628/174.48, Was #19
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.705/173.65, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.704/174.37, Was #20

5:09 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 91 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 24.85 inches,adjusted altitude 7,896 feet, track temperature 128 degrees.

Hale won this race a few years ago. He won't be racing tomorrow.

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Left Lane: Chris Rivas Runs 7.560/167.57, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.521/177.84, Was #15
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.537/176.72, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.565/176.88, Was #18

Berry improves, but he falls just a bit short of making the field.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.522/178.40, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.521/178.47, Was #14
Right Lane: Marco Andreano Runs 7.507/176.79, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.536/177.46, Was #17

Andreano bumps his way into the field.

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Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.515/178.28, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.500/177.23, Was #13
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.507/176.70, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.526/177.65, Was #17

That puts Steve Johnson on the bump, but he's safe as there isn't anyone left who can knock him out.

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Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.474/179.64, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.496/178.28, Was #12
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.491/179.61, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.472/179.49, Was #11

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Left Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.937/134.11, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.435/179.80, Was #5
Right Lane: Matt Guidera Runs 7.526/177.04, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.467/178.85, Was #10

Schnitz was off the throttle early, the reason not apparent from here.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.434/177.53, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.429/177.16, Was #4
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.463/179.88, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.450/178.17, Was #9

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Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 7.455/178.00, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.427/177.91, Was #3
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.500/178.76, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.449/180.69, Was #8

No ladder changes for either of the ladies.

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Left Lane: Tom Bradford Runs 7.415/180.43, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.399/180.55, Was #2

Scali was scheduled to run in the right lane but he never pulled the bike into the waterbox.

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Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 7.332/180.26, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.348/179.52, Was #1
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.479/180.60, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.436/179.90, Was #6

Ellis does it again, the third time this weekend he has lowered the track ET record.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink