Sat, 14 Nov 2009, 06:34 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th 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: Dawn Matthews-Baugues Runs 7.685/174.89, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.624/177.72, Was #22
Right Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.254/182.97, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.625/177.74, Was #23

3:13 p.m. Bailey Whitaker is on the bump spot at 7.095.

No improvement for Matthews-Baugues. Sullivan made a full pass, but the numbers just were not there.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris No Time, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.206/185.28, Was #19
Right Lane: Rhett Lougheed Runs 7.530/177.58, Now #23; No Prior Run

Harris broke on the burnout and did not make a run. Lougheed did make a run, but was way off the qualifying pace.

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 8.880/99.15, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.202/188.52, Was #18
Right Lane: Gary Moreno No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.302/179.85, Was #22

Oh-for-two. Moreno's bike kept going left, taking out the 660-foot speed-start timing block. DeSantis saw him coming and backed off.

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Left Lane: Freddie Camarena Runs 7.032/191.21, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.050/192.03, Was #15
Right Lane: James Surber Runs 7.205/184.37, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.224/184.04, Was #20

Surber is the last rider with a chance to bump into the field.

He came up short, but Camarena once again carded a career-best ET to move one rung up the ladder.

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Left Lane: Junior Pippin No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.039/189.52, Was #15
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.105/189.39, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.175/183.57, Was #17

Pippin broke on the burnout and was pushed away.

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 6.968/192.19, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.007/190.00, Was #11
Right Lane: Bailey Whitaker Runs 7.047/187.83, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.095/183.67, Was #16

Treble made a nice run (with a 0.003 reaction time to boot) to move way up the ladder. Whitaker also improved, with a career best ET and speed, but stayed 16th.

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.981/193.46, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.001/192.99, Was #11
Right Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 7.023/190.83, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.032/191.59, Was #13

Good run for Phillips and another career-best ET for Underdahl, moving him up a notch.

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Left Lane: David Hope Runs 7.026/189.15, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.992/186.95, Was #10
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.857/128.16, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.024/190.06, Was #13

Hope made a good pass, but failed to improve. Johnson's bike was off-pace from the start and moving to the left, so he shut it off.

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Left Lane: Larry Cook Runs 7.158/187.78, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.987/188.96, Was #9
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.959/193.68, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.995/193.13, Was #11

Cook had a great launch, with a 1.075 60-foot time, but Krawiec went by early and Cook slowed. Krawiec made his best pass of the weekend to move into third.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.986/192.33, Was #9
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 6.951/191.57, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.973/190.24, Was #7

Hines' bike lost traction on the launch and he shut it off, slowly rolling down the track. Gann made a great pass to move into second spot, with the quickest run of the session so far and a career-best ET.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.207/190.48, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.969/192.36, Was #7
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.126/163.29, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.963/192.30, Was #5

Smith's bike lost power with a puff of smoke in the middle of the run. Stoffer had good early numbers, but the bike hit the rev limiter at an early shift.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.943/191.10, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.918/193.46, Was #1
Right Lane: Douglas Horne Runs 7.012/191.00, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.956/191.57, Was #3

Last pair. Arana made a good run, best of the round, but not quite as good as his earlier pass.

That gives Arana another three bonus points, Gann gets two, and Krawiec salvages just one.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink