Sat, 4 Sep 2010, 06:48 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By Dan Bennett

CLERMONT, Ind. - Notes from round 3 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 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: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.022/189.63, Now #9; Best prior run: 10.287/81.13, Was #21

6:28 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 29 percent, barometer 29.02 inches, adjusted altitude 2,638 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Lots of stuff happening last time around, with the weather still being decent. Stouffer has been going in every direction other than downtrack lately so she's looking to get her program straightened out, literally. Not bad, but she still has a way to go to get back to the top.

Karen Stoffer's incremental times: 60ft-1.074 sec., 330ft-2.908, 660ft-4.474/156.52 mph, 1,000ft-5.844.

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Left Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.166/185.28, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.285/182.80, Was #19
Right Lane: David Hope Runs 8.001/118.01, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.533/158.78, Was #21

Hope was laying down some good numbers until his transmission failed to shift. Neither rider makes the field.

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Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.982/191.65, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.107/185.84, Was #15
Right Lane: Katie Sullivan Runs 7.260/182.87, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.412/182.95, Was #20

Katie sits up early. Ellis gets a little closer.

Chip Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.094 sec., 330ft-2.920, 660ft-4.464/158.67 mph, 1,000ft-5.815.

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Left Lane: Junior Pippin Runs 7.034/188.44, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.093/186.02, Was #15

Pippin gets in for the moment.

Junior Pippin's incremental times: 60ft-1.097 sec., 330ft-2.924, 660ft-4.482/156.86 mph, 1,000ft-5.850.

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Left Lane: Angie Smith Runs 7.057/188.04, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.082/183.34, Was #15
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.261/187.31, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.171/187.91, Was #18

DeSantis gets a little sideways on the launch. Angie's pass looks really quick but the numbers don't come up.

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Left Lane: Douglas Horne Runs 7.016/187.76, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.035/185.23, Was #13
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.161/180.65, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.139/185.92, Was #16

Just like Smith, Horne's pass looked a lot quicker than it was. He still moves from 13 to 10

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Left Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 7.025/189.95, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.996/191.29, Was #9
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.024/186.05, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.044/189.60, Was #14

Treble goes on the bump. Underdahl stays ninth.

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.956/193.10, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.958/194.52, Was #7
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 6.999/188.52, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.027/186.85, Was #13

Great pass for Phillips as he repeats in slightly worse conditions. Gann bumps into the field. Both bikes sounded great with clean shifts and no rev limiters coming into play.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.987/188.46, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.946/192.44, Was #6
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.975/189.47, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.938/192.03, Was #5

A pair of sixes but neither racer improves. Johnson's bike sounded as if it bogged a bit and laid over in first gear.

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Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.915/191.81, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.907/192.08, Was #4
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.955/189.28, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.900/192.66, Was #3

LE makes the run of the session as he's very fast twice in a row. Arana was fighting the Buell as it was lofting the wheel on every gear change.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.860/192.80, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.815/195.17, Was #1
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 15.860/47.78, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.867/194.94, Was #2

We're looking for a 6.883 or better for Hines to back up the new national record, and he does it easily. That's an extra 20 bonus points for setting the record and at this point in the season it's a huge development.

Krawiec spun hard and lifted.

Congratulations to the team for the quickest pass in NHRA history!

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink