Fri, 7 Nov 2003, 05:33 PM Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals 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: Josh Helvie Runs 7.415/175.84, Now #20; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Michael Lozano Runs 7.665/165.42, Now #22; No Prior Run

2:11 PM It's a bit warm and sunny today so the bikes will not have quite as good conditions as they had yesterday. Lozano and Helvie get their first passes of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris No Time, Now #24; Best prior run: 19.540/29.96, Was #24
Right Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 7.936/151.73, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.730/169.10, Was #23

Harris breaks right off the starting line and rolls to a stop before the tree. Matte slows from yesterday.

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Left Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.306/182.11, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.335/182.28, Was #18
Right Lane: Keith Freeman Runs 7.547/176.44, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.479/177.39, Was #21

Schnitz bumps into the show but it most likely won't last the entire session. Freeman slows from Thursday.

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Left Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 19.580/37.22, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.334/180.86, Was #18
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 9.378/88.68, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.350/182.08, Was #19

Hale breaks right off the line as the bike is on the chip before the tree. Camarena sits up about half track and coasts on through.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.319/181.74, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.300/180.98, Was #15
Right Lane: Jay Matthews Runs 7.317/184.52, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.311/181.35, Was #17

Both riders slow very slightly form yesterday's times.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.214/184.98, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.292/183.12, Was #14
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.304/178.17, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.281/180.45, Was #13

Big move for Johnson as he goes from #14 to #9. Phillips slows.

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.300/181.20, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.248/182.85, Was #13
Right Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.173/186.33, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.243/183.87, Was #12

Conner makes a big moves as well. He's now solid in the top half. DeSantis slows a nickel.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.213/184.50, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.223/184.65, Was #11
Right Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.192/184.22, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.231/180.96, Was #12

Showers improves and so does Brown.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.275/184.98, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.188/185.46, Was #7
Right Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.197/181.32, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.201/184.72, Was #10

Mixed results for this pair of riders. GT picks up ever so slightly but Berry slows almost a tenth.

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Left Lane: Fred Collis Runs 7.181/186.15, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.187/185.92, Was #6
Right Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.144/183.29, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.199/185.87, Was #10

Almost identical to Thursday for Collis but Angelle picks up big. She's a top half player.

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.185/186.20, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.185/186.43, Was #7
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.188/182.43, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.136/186.02, Was #3

Gann's pass is identical to yesterday in the ET department. Hines slows on the V-Rod.

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Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.108/187.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.135/187.70, Was #2
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.203/182.13, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.119/181.91, Was #1

How's that for a big run for Scali and he's your new #1. Treble lost a tenth and drops into second in the field.

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