Sat, 10 Apr 2010, 06:50 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil 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: Craig Treble Runs 6.874/192.28, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.965/191.43, Was #11
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.964/188.46, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.235/182.92, Was #16

Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,028 feet, track temperature 91 degrees.

Smith with a little wiggle early but reeled it in. Treble with a great looking pass to get into the top half of the field. Craig Treble's incremental times: 60ft-1.079 sec., 330ft-2.860, 660ft-4.377/161.52 mph, 1,000ft-5.716.

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Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.910/193.79, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.964/191.02, Was #11
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.068/194.63, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.155/177.02, Was #16

Steve Johnson with his best pass of the weekend, but he will stay on the bump. tonglet with real nice pass to get into the top half of the show...LE Tonglet's incremental times: 60ft-1.068 sec., 330ft-2.874, 660ft-4.410/160.21 mph, 1,000ft-5.755.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.945/190.43, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.949/192.30, Was #11
Right Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.087/186.92, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.028/187.26, Was #15

Stoffer with his quickest pass this weekend, but she will stay in the number 11 spot. Karen Stoffer's incremental times: 60ft-1.085 sec., 330ft-2.885, 660ft-4.422/159.82 mph, 1,000ft-5.774. No help here for Harris.

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Left Lane: Douglas Horne Runs 7.153/165.66, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.932/193.07, Was #9
Right Lane: Junior Pippin Runs 7.162/161.36, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.010/193.32, Was #14

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Left Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 24.743/42.94, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.932/195.28, Was #8
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 6.970/191.05, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.005/190.35, Was #13

Underdahl with problem right off the starting line and coast on through the 1320. Berry with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay in the number 13 spot. Mike Berry's incremental times: 60ft-1.088 sec., 330ft-2.896, 660ft-4.438/158.97 mph, 1,000ft-5.801.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 8.469/106.73, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.881/193.65, Was #5
Right Lane: David Hope Runs 6.932/191.48, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.935/193.21, Was #10

Smith with problems and he coast on through the 1320. Hope with his quickest pass of the weekend, but will stay tenth. David Hope's incremental times: 60ft-1.080 sec., 330ft-2.878, 660ft-4.410/160.38 mph, 1,000ft-5.765.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.888/194.88, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.870/196.93, Was #2
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.919/194.18, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.919/196.64, Was #7

Phillips matches his qualifying E.T. Michael Phillips' incremental times: 60ft-1.107 sec., 330ft-2.903, 660ft-4.429/161.56 mph, 1,000ft-5.768. Hines with a great pass, the quickest of the round...Andrew Hines' incremental times: 60ft-1.113 sec., 330ft-2.906, 660ft-4.414/162.98 mph, 1,000ft-5.742.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.861/193.65, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.856/193.49, Was #1
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.863/195.93, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.875/196.96, Was #4

This was a great drag race to wrap up qualifying...Arana with the quickest pass of the round. Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.074 sec., 330ft-2.853, 660ft-4.367/161.87 mph, 1,000ft-5.705. Krawiec was right there with Arana...Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.089 sec., 330ft-2.885, 660ft-4.396/163.06 mph, 1,000ft-5.723.

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