Fri, 3 Sep 2010, 05:52 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil listing lane, rider name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 7.094/182.65, Now #1

5:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 34 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,870 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Ellis returns to competition with a decent run.

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Left Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.535/173.43, Now #3
Right Lane: Douglas Horne Runs 7.251/181.94, Now #2

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 39.786/42.32, Now #5
Right Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.333/175.05, Now #3

DeSantis slowed almost immediately, coasted through.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.257/179.90, Now #3
Right Lane: Junior Pippin Runs 7.302/179.42, Now #4

Ellis is still atop the list, everybody else way off the pace so far.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 12.278/63.89, Now #8
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 7.966/134.93, Now #7

Smith was leaning way to the right side of the bike, trying to stay off the centerline. Something went POP on Berry's bike and he slowed about 200 feet out.

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.069/185.18, Now #1
Right Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 7.135/185.84, Now #3

Underdahl's bike launched and then hesitated a bit. Gann showed hos it's done with a good opening pass and he goes to #1.

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.125/184.17, Now #1
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer No Time, Now #3

Stoffer hit the rev limiter in the first couple gears, then went across the centerline around the 1,000-foot marker, about where the stands end on the East side of the track.

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Left Lane: David Hope Runs 7.533/158.78, Now #10
Right Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.985/187.26, Now #1

Nice run by Tonglet, our first six, and he's now #1. Hope slowed before half track.

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Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 7.011/184.19, Now #2
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.113/178.14, Now #5

Clean runs in both lanes.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.003/185.18, Now #2
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.046/189.04, Now #4

We're down to the last four bikes, only one six-second run so far.

Smith comes close, but no six, and Phillips was only fourth-quickest.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.052/185.23, Now #6
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.974/185.69, Now #1

Last pair - both should card sixes.

Yes, and no. Arana steadily lost ground to Hines, who posted the quickest run of the first session.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink